libel

The filled squares are the 2 vowels — 2 of 5 letters. In the size-ranked list, libel sits in the everyday tier.

Letters

58,636 words share the length

Syllables

2stress on the first

Anagrams

0none in this dictionary

One letter away

2label, liber

• nouna false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
• nounthe written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief they seek
• verbprint slanderous statements against

The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary reads it as l ay1 b ah0 l — 2 syllables, the stress on syllable 1.

3 words share everything from the last stressed vowel on — that is what counts as a rhyme here.

• bible
• tribal
• intertribal

No other word in this dictionary uses exactly these 5 letters.

• label
• liber

Same length, one position changed. <1% of the 8,636 words this long are a neighbour.

• 5 letter words8,636
• Starts L5,055
• Starts LI1,222
• Ends L
• 5 letters starting L

Tier: everyday. The tiers come from the English Speller Database and rank by list size, not by how often a word is used — see where the words come from.