artificer
/ɑɹˈtɪfəsɚ/
"artificer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“artificer” is uncommon English (frequency #61,968 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,968
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-artificer · artificer · English
artificer · rank #61,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,968
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH arbitrate
Nearest frequency peer: arbitrate (-3 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 “artificer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- arbitrate
arbitrate
38,036 corpus weight
- artificer
artificer
38,033 corpus weight
- Ashura
Ashura
38,030 corpus weight
- aspartate
aspartate
38,029 corpus weight
- atopic
atopic
38,027 corpus weight
- attired
attired
38,026 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “artificer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | artificer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɑɹˈtɪfəsɚ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “artificer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
artificer is uncommon English at frequency #61,968 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɑɹˈtɪfəsɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for artificer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English artificer, from Middle French artificier, from Latin artificiarius. The correct English form is artificer, spelled A-R-T-I-F-I-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
- 2An inventor.
- 3A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems.
- 4A trickster.
- 5A savant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how artificer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
Etymology
From Middle English artificer, from Middle French artificier, from Latin artificiarius.
This word in other languages
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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