whitelist
"whitelist" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“whitelist” is uncommon English (frequency #62,622 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,622
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-whitelist · whitelist · English
whitelist · rank #62,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,622
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Whitehorse
Nearest frequency peer: Whitehorse (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “whitelist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- whaler
whaler
37,383 corpus weight
- whatevs
whatevs
37,382 corpus weight
- Whitehorse
Whitehorse
37,380 corpus weight
- whitelist
whitelist
37,379 corpus weight
- wideband
wideband
37,378 corpus weight
- wintergreen
wintergreen
37,373 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “whitelist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | whitelist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “whitelist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
whitelist is uncommon English at frequency #62,622 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for whitelist, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From white + list. The correct English form is whitelist, spelled W-H-I-T-E-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.
Etymology
From white + list.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).