wireframe
"wireframe" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wireframe” is uncommon English (frequency #96,670 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,670
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A visual model of an electronic representation of a three-dimensional object as defined geometrically by line segments.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wireframe · wireframe · English
wireframe · rank #96,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,670
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 12,113
- PHOTO-FINISH whoopsie
Nearest frequency peer: whoopsie (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “wireframe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- whiteface
whiteface
3,335 corpus weight
- whitely
whitely
3,334 corpus weight
- whoopsie
whoopsie
3,333 corpus weight
- wireframe
wireframe
3,331 corpus weight
- wolfhound
wolfhound
3,329 corpus weight
- WOTC
WOTC
3,326 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wireframe” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wireframe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wireframe” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wireframe is uncommon English at frequency #96,670 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
wireframe has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wire + frame. The correct English form is wireframe, spelled W-I-R-E-F-R-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1A visual model of an electronic representation of a three-dimensional object as defined geometrically by line segments.
- 2A basic visual guide used to suggest the layout of fundamental elements in a web interface
Etymology
From wire + frame.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wireframe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.