cottager
/ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/
"cottager" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cottager” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cottager |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cottager” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cottager is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cottager in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cottage (“small hut”) + -er (demonym suffix); compare cotter. The correct English form is cottager, spelled C-O-T-T-A-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
Etymology
From cottage (“small hut”) + -er (demonym suffix); compare cotter.
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.
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Using “cottager”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-T-T-A-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.