believer

/bɪˈlivɚ/

//bɪˈlivɚ// noun

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"believer" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“believer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,655. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,655
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who believes; especially regarding religion.

Corpus desk

Index EN-believer · believer · English

believer · rank #11,655 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,655
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH baths

Nearest frequency peer: baths (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “believer”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “believer” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

believer vs belive
75% similar
believer vs believes
88% similar
believer vs believe
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for believer
PropertyValue
Headwordbeliever
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɪˈlivɚ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,655
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “believer”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).believerlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “baths” (#11,654), “blankets” (#11,657), “Bart” (#11,652). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “believer” is #11,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around believer (IPA /bɪˈlivɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,655 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person who believes; especially regarding religion.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for believer, with forms such as "bbeliever", "beilever", and "beleiver". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "belive", "believes", "believe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe + -er. The correct English form is believer, spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who believes; especially regarding religion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how believer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. She's a believer in life after death.
  2. But the other two were, comparatively speaking, clean shaved, which of course gave the enemy a larger extent of open country to operate on, though in Mahomed's case the mosquitoes, recognising the taste of a true believer, would not touch him at any price.

Etymology

From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe + -er.

Synonyms

believerdevoteedevotionalistpietistreligionerreligionistreligtard

Antonyms

infidelnon-believernonbelieverunbelieverantitheistatheistapostatedisbelieverirreligionistheretic

This word in other languages

creyente(Español)croyant(Français)Gläubiger(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbeliever
  • beilever
  • beleiver
  • belieevr
  • believerr
  • believre
  • believver
  • beliveer
  • belliever
  • bleiever
  • ebliever

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of believer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbeliever1beilever2beleiver2belieevr2believerr1believre2believver1beliveer2
Edit distance from "believer"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "believer"?
"believer" is spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /bɪˈlivɚ/.
What does "believer" mean?
As a noun, "believer" means: A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
What words are commonly confused with "believer"?
"believer" is commonly confused with "belive", "believes", "believe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "believer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "believer" is /bɪˈlivɚ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "believer"?
From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "believer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blankets#11,657barracks#11,651caffeine#11,661airborne#11,646

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Carlton11 variantsdolphin11 variantsdumping11 variantsswelling11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list