blasphemer
/ˈblæsfəmɚ/
"blasphemer" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blasphemer” is uncommon English (frequency #87,087 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,087
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blasphemer · blasphemer · English
blasphemer · rank #87,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,087
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH blag
Nearest frequency peer: blag (-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 “blasphemer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- biodegradat…
biodegradation
12,925 corpus weight
- bipod
bipod
12,924 corpus weight
- blag
blag
12,915 corpus weight
- blasphemer
blasphemer
12,914 corpus weight
- Boothroyd
Boothroyd
12,911 corpus weight
- braai
braai
12,906 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “blasphemer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blasphemer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈblæsfəmɚ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blasphemer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blasphemer is uncommon English at frequency #87,087 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈblæsfəmɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for blasphemer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English blasfemour, from Old French blasfemeor; equivalent to blaspheme + -er. The correct English form is blasphemer, spelled B-L-A-S-P-H-E-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
Etymology
From Middle English blasfemour, from Old French blasfemeor; equivalent to blaspheme + -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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