candler
"candler" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“candler” is uncommon English (frequency #72,165 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,165
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who makes candles; a chandler.
Corpus desk
Index EN-candler · candler · English
candler · rank #72,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,165
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH capsid
Nearest frequency peer: capsid (+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 “candler”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- byway
byway
27,841 corpus weight
- C2C
C2C
27,840 corpus weight
- Calderwood
Calderwood
27,838 corpus weight
- candler
candler
27,836 corpus weight
- capsid
capsid
27,835 corpus weight
- carmaker
carmaker
27,833 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “candler” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | candler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “candler” in English
Rare enough to double-check
candler is uncommon English at frequency #72,165 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who makes candles; a chandler.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for candler, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English candelere, equivalent to candle (noun) + -er. The correct English form is candler, spelled C-A-N-D-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who makes candles; a chandler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how candler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A maker of candles is very properly called a candler; however, (as observed before) ch is seldom pronounced in this parish.
Etymology
From Middle English candelere, equivalent to candle (noun) + -er.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).