dazzler
"dazzler" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dazzler” is uncommon English (frequency #94,745 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,745
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who or that which dazzles; something spectacular.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dazzler · dazzler · English
dazzler · rank #94,745 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,745
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,416
- PHOTO-FINISH danna
Nearest frequency peer: danna (-4 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dazzler”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- damns
damns
5,262 corpus weight
- Damodar
Damodar
5,261 corpus weight
- danna
danna
5,260 corpus weight
- dazzler
dazzler
5,256 corpus weight
- decrement
decrement
5,250 corpus weight
- definitional
definitional
5,249 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dazzler” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dazzler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dazzler” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dazzler is uncommon English at frequency #94,745 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who or that which dazzles; something spectacular.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dazzler, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dazzle + -er. The correct English form is dazzler, spelled D-A-Z-Z-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who or that which dazzles; something spectacular.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dazzler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When he announced that he was going to try his hand at professional baseball, few skeptics were bold enough to suggest that this career turn would be anything but another Jordanesque dazzler.
Etymology
From dazzle + -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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.