announcer

/əˈnaʊnsə/

//əˈnaʊnsə// noun

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"announcer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“announcer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,280. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,280
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-announcer · announcer · English

announcer · rank #13,280 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,280
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH airing

Nearest frequency peer: airing (-1 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 “announcer”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “announcer” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

announcer vs announce
89% similar
announcer vs announced
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for announcer
PropertyValue
Headwordannouncer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈnaʊnsə/
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,280
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “announcer”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).announcerlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “airing” (#13,279), “awaited” (#13,281), “baba” (#13,282). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “announcer” is #13,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around announcer (IPA /əˈnaʊnsə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,280 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "One who makes announcements.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for announcer, with forms such as "annonucer", "annoucner", and "announccer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "announce", "announced", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From announce + -er. The correct English form is announcer, spelled A-N-N-O-U-N-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who makes announcements.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how announcer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. radio announcer
  2. Even TV announcers at the last Winter Olympics were spotted with a swoosh on their jackets.

Etymology

From announce + -er.

This word in other languages

anunciador(Español)annonceur(Français)Ansager(Deutsch)locutor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • annonucer
  • annoucner
  • announccer
  • announcerr
  • announcre
  • announecr
  • announncer
  • annuoncer
  • anonuncer
  • anouncer
  • nanouncer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of announcer - 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.

annonucer2annoucner2announccer1announcerr1announcre2announecr2announncer1annuoncer2
Edit distance from "announcer"

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 "announcer"?
"announcer" is spelled A-N-N-O-U-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈnaʊnsə/.
What does "announcer" mean?
As a noun, "announcer" means: One who makes announcements.
What words are commonly confused with "announcer"?
"announcer" is commonly confused with "announce", "announced". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "announcer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "announcer" is /əˈnaʊnsə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "announcer"?
From announce + -er. 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 "announcer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list