bailer

noun

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"bailer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bailer” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who bails or lades.

Corpus desk

Index EN-bailer · bailer · English

bailer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for bailer
PropertyValue
Headwordbailer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bailer” sits in English frequency

bailer falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bailer is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for bailer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From bail + -er. The correct English form is bailer, spelled B-A-I-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who bails or lades.
  2. 2
    A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
  3. 3
    Alternative form of bailor.
  4. 4
    A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
  5. 5
    A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.

Etymology

From bail + -er.

This word in other languages

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bailer"?
"bailer" is spelled B-A-I-L-E-R.
What does "bailer" mean?
As a noun, "bailer" means: One who bails or lades.
What is the origin of the word "bailer"?
From bail + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list