absorber
/əbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/
"absorber" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“absorber” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,986
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something that absorbs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-absorber · absorber · English
absorber · rank #40,986 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,986
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH adjourn
Nearest frequency peer: adjourn (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “absorber”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Yeovil
Yeovil
59,022 corpus weight
- Yeung
Yeung
59,021 corpus weight
- absorber
absorber
59,015 corpus weight
- adjourn
adjourn
59,013 corpus weight
- alabaster
alabaster
59,010 corpus weight
- allegro
allegro
59,009 corpus weight
What this shows “absorber” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absorber |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “absorber”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around absorber (IPA /əbˈsɔɹ.bɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,986 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for absorber, with forms such as "abbsorber", "abosrber", and "absobrer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "absorb", "absorbed", "absorbent", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From absorb + -er. The correct English form is absorber, spelled A-B-S-O-R-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Something that absorbs.
- 2Something that absorbs.
- 3Something that absorbs.
- 4A person who absorbs.
- 5A set that, under suitable transformations, can contain any set from a given class within a topological space.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how absorber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] these Symptoms are only curred, by such Medicines as correct the Acidity and Acrimony of the Blood, viz. When it most partakes of Acrimony by sweet diaphoretick Decoctions, or some sort of Acids, which dull and take off their corroding Edges, or when they are more Acid, by volatile Salts that carry them off by Sweat or Urine; or by Acid Absorbers, whi…
1756, Thomas Amory, The Life of John Buncle, Esq., London: J. Noon, Chapter 36 “Remarks on the delluge,” p. , The swallows especially must do great work in the case, if we take into their number not only very many open gulphs or chasms, the depth of which no line or sound can reach; but likewise the communications of very many parts of the sea, and of man…
Etymology
From absorb + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbsorber
- abosrber
- absobrer
- absorbber
- absorberr
- absorbre
- absorebr
- absorrber
- absrober
- abssorber
- asborber
- basorber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of absorber - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).