chancer
/ˈtʃɑːn.sə(ɹ)/
"chancer" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chancer” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A scheming opportunist.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chancer · chancer · English
chancer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chancer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʃɑːn.sə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chancer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chancer is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtʃɑːn.sə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A scheming opportunist.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chancer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chance + -er. The correct English form is chancer, spelled C-H-A-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1A scheming opportunist.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chancer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Actually, that's exactly what O'Dowd is doing in Get Shorty, presenting a taciturn thug with chewed up charm, a chancer pitching a movie in Hollywood.
From then on, Emin became fixed in many minds as the drunken chancer who boasted about her promiscuity and called it art.
Etymology
From chance + -er.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.