builder's
"builder-s" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“builder's” is uncommon English (frequency #55,979 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,979
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of builder's tea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-builder-s · builder's · English
builder's · rank #55,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,979
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Brzezinski
Nearest frequency peer: Brzezinski (-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 “builder's”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Brickell
Brickell
44,026 corpus weight
- brougham
brougham
44,025 corpus weight
- Brzezinski
Brzezinski
44,023 corpus weight
- builder's
builder's
44,022 corpus weight
- Cagayan
Cagayan
44,018 corpus weight
- Cagney
Cagney
44,017 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “builder's” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | builder's |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “builder's” in English
Rare enough to double-check
builder's is uncommon English at frequency #55,979 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abbreviation of builder's tea.".
No misspelling variants are generated for builder's in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is builder's, spelled B-U-I-L-D-E-R-'-S.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of builder's tea.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how builder's appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He got a custard danish that had sat around too long and a cup of builder's, ate the cake while he waited on hold for the bank.
More often it's the simple rituals of drinking that give the most pleasure: the rhythm of the morning cup of tea, whether a mug of builder's or a calming lemon-balm infusion, that helps you out of bed to start the day
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).