bricklayer
"bricklayer" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bricklayer” is uncommon English (frequency #51,585 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,585
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bricklayer · bricklayer · English
bricklayer · rank #51,585 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,585
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH Brereton
Nearest frequency peer: Brereton (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bricklayer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Boyne
Boyne
48,421 corpus weight
- Brereton
Brereton
48,417 corpus weight
- bricklayer
bricklayer
48,416 corpus weight
- browsed
browsed
48,415 corpus weight
- bruin
bruin
48,414 corpus weight
- Bundaberg
Bundaberg
48,413 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bricklayer” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bricklayer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bricklayer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bricklayer is uncommon English at frequency #51,585 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bricklayer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 Middle English brekelayeer, brekelayer, equivalent to brick + layer. The correct English form is bricklayer, spelled B-R-I-C-K-L-A-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
Etymology
From Middle English brekelayeer, brekelayer, equivalent to brick + layer.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bricklayer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.