borrower
/ˈbɔɹəʊə/
"borrower" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“borrower” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,860. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,860
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who borrows.
Corpus desk
Index EN-borrower · borrower · English
borrower · rank #20,860 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,860
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bony
Nearest frequency peer: bony (-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 “borrower”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bolted
bolted
79,144 corpus weight
- bona
bona
79,143 corpus weight
- bony
bony
79,142 corpus weight
- borrower
borrower
79,141 corpus weight
- bridging
bridging
79,140 corpus weight
- brighten
brighten
79,139 corpus weight
What this shows “borrower” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | borrower |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɔɹəʊə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “borrower”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around borrower (IPA /ˈbɔɹəʊə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,860 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "One who borrows.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for borrower, with forms such as "bborrower", "bororwer", and "borower". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "borrow", "borrowed", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English borower, borewer, borwere, equivalent to borrow + -er (agent suffix). The correct English form is borrower, spelled B-O-R-R-O-W-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who borrows.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how borrower appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a library borrower’s card
But if other negative factors are operating simultaneously, or if the borrower's financial status is weak to start with, then one extra adverse development is more likely to affect returns on the loan.
Etymology
From Middle English borower, borewer, borwere, equivalent to borrow + -er (agent suffix).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bborrower
- bororwer
- borower
- borroewr
- borrowerr
- borrowre
- borrowwer
- borrwoer
- brorower
- obrrower
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of borrower - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "borrower", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).