willet
"willet" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“willet” is uncommon English (frequency #73,800 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,800
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | willet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “willet” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
willet is uncommon English at frequency #73,800 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.".
Zero misspellings are on record for willet in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet"). The correct English form is willet, spelled W-I-L-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Tringa semipalmata (or formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, from the bird's cry ("pill-will-willet").
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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Using “willet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-L-L-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.