beekeeper
/ˈbiˌkipɚ/
"beekeeper" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beekeeper” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,380 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,380
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beekeeper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbiˌkipɚ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beekeeper” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for beekeeper is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbiˌkipɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,380 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for beekeeper in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bee + keeper. The correct English form is beekeeper, spelled B-E-E-K-E-E-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
Etymology
From bee + keeper.
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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Using “beekeeper”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-E-E-K-E-E-P-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbiˌkipɚ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.