bobsledder

noun

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"bobsledder" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bobsledder” is uncommon English (frequency #94,611 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,611
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who participates in bobsled.

Corpus desk

Index EN-bobsledder · bobsledder · English

bobsledder · rank #94,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,611
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH boff

Nearest frequency peer: boff (+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 “bobsledder”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “bobsledder” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bobsledder
PropertyValue
Headwordbobsledder
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,611
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “bobsledder” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).bobsledderfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “boff” (#94,612), “boilermaker” (#94,613), “blazon” (#94,606). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “bobsledder” is #94,611. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bobsledder is uncommon English at frequency #94,611 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who participates in bobsled.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bobsledder in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From bobsled + -er. The correct English form is bobsledder, spelled B-O-B-S-L-E-D-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who participates in bobsled.

Etymology

From bobsled + -er.

This word in other languages

bobeur(Français)

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 "bobsledder"?
"bobsledder" is spelled B-O-B-S-L-E-D-D-E-R.
What does "bobsledder" mean?
As a noun, "bobsledder" means: Someone who participates in bobsled.
What is the origin of the word "bobsledder"?
From bobsled + -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 "bobsledder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

calmodulin#94,646citalopram#94,683clerestory#94,685concordant#94,701

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list