boilermaker
/ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/
"boilermaker" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“boilermaker” is uncommon English (frequency #94,613 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,613
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-boilermaker · boilermaker · English
boilermaker · rank #94,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,613
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 “boilermaker”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- blazon
blazon
5,395 corpus weight
- bobsledder
bobsledder
5,390 corpus weight
- boff
boff
5,389 corpus weight
- boilermaker
boilermaker
5,388 corpus weight
- Bostic
Bostic
5,384 corpus weight
- braising
braising
5,380 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “boilermaker” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boilermaker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #94,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “boilermaker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
boilermaker is uncommon English at frequency #94,613 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for boilermaker in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From boiler + maker. The correct English form is boilermaker, spelled B-O-I-L-E-R-M-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
- 2A whiskey with a beer chaser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boilermaker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The sole boilermaker visited the out-depots if necessary, but such occasions were exceptional, engines being worked up to Horsham on suitable duties and changed over as required.
the beauteous Asian was […] knocking back boilermakers and their helpers at an astonishing pace.
Etymology
From boiler + maker.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).