baler
"baler" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baler” is uncommon English (frequency #69,668 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,668
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.
Corpus desk
Index EN-baler · baler · English
baler · rank #69,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,668
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH BAME
Nearest frequency peer: BAME (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “baler”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bagan
Bagan
30,339 corpus weight
- Bajwa
Bajwa
30,336 corpus weight
- baler
baler
30,333 corpus weight
- BAME
BAME
30,332 corpus weight
- Bastogne
Bastogne
30,328 corpus weight
- Batley
Batley
30,327 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “baler” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baler” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
baler is uncommon English at frequency #69,668 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for baler in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bale (verb) + -er. The correct English form is baler, spelled B-A-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.
- 2A person who creates bales, either by operating or feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand.
Etymology
From bale (verb) + -er.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.