cricketer
/ˈkɹɪk.ɪtɚ/
"cricketer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cricketer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,890. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,890
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who plays cricket.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cricketer · cricketer · English
cricketer · rank #20,890 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,890
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH contemplated
Nearest frequency peer: contemplated (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cricketer”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- commend
commend
79,114 corpus weight
- complied
complied
79,113 corpus weight
- contemplated
contemplated
79,112 corpus weight
- cricketer
cricketer
79,111 corpus weight
- Crimean
Crimean
79,110 corpus weight
- crochet
crochet
79,109 corpus weight
What this shows “cricketer” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cricketer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɪk.ɪtɚ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cricketer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around cricketer (IPA /ˈkɹɪk.ɪtɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,890 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person who plays cricket.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cricketer, with forms such as "ccricketer", "circketer", and "crciketer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "crickets", "cricket", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cricket + -er. The correct English form is cricketer, spelled C-R-I-C-K-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who plays cricket.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cricketer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.
Several cricketers came up to them and asked Pradeep about his effortless action mimicry and his promising chinaman bowling.
Etymology
From cricket + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccricketer
- circketer
- crciketer
- criccketer
- cricekter
- crickeetr
- cricketerr
- cricketre
- cricketter
- crickketer
- crickteer
- crikceter
- crricketer
- rcicketer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cricketer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).