clockmaker
"clockmaker" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clockmaker” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clockmaker · clockmaker · English
clockmaker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | clockmaker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clockmaker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clockmaker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for clockmaker, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English clockemaker, clokkemakyer, equivalent to clock + maker. The correct English form is clockmaker, spelled C-L-O-C-K-M-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.
- 2God in His role as the creator of the clockwork universe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clockmaker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There were hundreds of clockmakers in London during that era.
Near-synonym: watchmaker
Etymology
From Middle English clockemaker, clokkemakyer, equivalent to clock + maker.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.