betrayer
"betrayer" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“betrayer” is uncommon English (frequency #62,709 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,709
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who betrays, or reveals confidential information; a squealer or informer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-betrayer · betrayer · English
betrayer · rank #62,709 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,709
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bettencourt
Nearest frequency peer: Bettencourt (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “betrayer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bellowed
bellowed
37,297 corpus weight
- bemoaning
bemoaning
37,296 corpus weight
- betrayer
betrayer
37,292 corpus weight
- Bettencourt
Bettencourt
37,291 corpus weight
- bibb
bibb
37,289 corpus weight
- bifurcated
bifurcated
37,287 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “betrayer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | betrayer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “betrayer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
betrayer is uncommon English at frequency #62,709 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who betrays, or reveals confidential information; a squealer or informer.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for betrayer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From betray + -er. The correct English form is betrayer, spelled B-E-T-R-A-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who betrays, or reveals confidential information; a squealer or informer.
Etymology
From betray + -er.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).