annihilator

noun

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"annihilator" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“annihilator” is uncommon English (frequency #77,412 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,412
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who annihilates.

Corpus desk

Index EN-annihilator · annihilator · English

annihilator · rank #77,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,412
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH anticoagulati…

Nearest frequency peer: anticoagulation (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “annihilator”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “annihilator” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for annihilator
PropertyValue
Headwordannihilator
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,412
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “annihilator” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).annihilatorfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “anticoagulation” (#77,414), “aneurism” (#77,407), “apostolate” (#77,418). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “annihilator” is #77,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

annihilator is uncommon English at frequency #77,412 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

annihilator has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From annihilate + -or. The correct English form is annihilator, spelled A-N-N-I-H-I-L-A-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who annihilates.
  2. 2
    That ideal of R whose elements yield zero when multiplied by the given element (or; by the elements of the given subset) of M.

Etymology

From annihilate + -or.

This word in other languages

anulador(Español)annihilateur(Français)Vernichter(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "annihilator"?
"annihilator" is spelled A-N-N-I-H-I-L-A-T-O-R.
What does "annihilator" mean?
As a noun, "annihilator" means: One who annihilates.
What is the origin of the word "annihilator"?
From annihilate + -or. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "annihilator", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

acquisitive#77,380unwelcoming#77,312Stroudsburg#77,244deliriously#77,588

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list