battler
/ˈbæt.lə(ɹ)/
"battler" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“battler” is uncommon English (frequency #70,485 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,485
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general.
Corpus desk
Index EN-battler · battler · English
battler · rank #70,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,485
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bartok
Nearest frequency peer: Bartok (-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 “battler”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Baddeley
Baddeley
29,522 corpus weight
- Barthes
Barthes
29,519 corpus weight
- Bartok
Bartok
29,518 corpus weight
- battler
battler
29,516 corpus weight
- Beckenham
Beckenham
29,512 corpus weight
- Beckinsale
Beckinsale
29,511 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “battler” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | battler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæt.lə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “battler” in English
Rare enough to double-check
battler is uncommon English at frequency #70,485 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbæt.lə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for battler, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English batailloure, from Old French batailleor; equivalent to battle + -er. The correct English form is battler, spelled B-A-T-T-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general.
- 2An itinerant worker or unemployed person.
- 3One who works hard in the face of adversity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how battler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1900, Henry Lawson, The Shanty-Keeper′s Wife, Over the Sliprails, Gutenberg eBook # 1313, “But look here!” interrupted the Pilgrim, desperately, “we can′t afford to wait! We′re only ‘battlers’, me and my mate, pickin′ up crumbs by the wayside. We′ve got to catch the——”
Dave Rust and Scotty Salmon failed at their Mount Elizabeth venture and are now again at the old love, Karunjie. Good luck to such battlers.
Etymology
From Middle English batailloure, from Old French batailleor; equivalent to battle + -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.
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