broadcaster
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "broadcaster", 11-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "broadcaster" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "broadcaster" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
broadcaster is aEnglishnoun. It means: A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc. Pronounced /ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/. Often confused with broadcast.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | broadcaster |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for broadcaster is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,379 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for broadcaster, with forms such as "bbroadcaster", "boradcaster", and "braodcaster". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "broadcast", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From broadcast (“to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is broadcaster, spelled B-R-O-A-D-C-A-S-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
- 2A person who sows seeds by scattering; also, one who promotes sowing seeds in this manner instead of by drilling (“making holes in the soil and placing seeds in them”).
- 3A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
- 4An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.
- 5A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.
- 6A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.
Etymology
From broadcast (“to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbroadcaster,boradcaster,braodcaster,broacdaster,broadacster,broadcasetr,broadcasster,broadcasterr,broadcastre,broadcastter,broadcatser,broadccaster,broadcsater,broaddcaster,brodacaster,brroadcaster,rboadcaster
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for broadcaster
Misspelling Variants of "broadcaster"
Frequency rank: #12,379 in English
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