deliverer

noun

"deliverer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“deliverer” is uncommon English (frequency #60,752 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,752
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who delivers.

Corpus desk

Index EN-deliverer · deliverer · English

deliverer · rank #60,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,752
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH defray

Nearest frequency peer: defray (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “deliverer”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “deliverer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deliverer
PropertyValue
Headworddeliverer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “deliverer” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).delivererfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “defray” (#60,751), “demographically” (#60,753), “deferential” (#60,750). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “deliverer” is #60,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deliverer is uncommon English at frequency #60,752 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for deliverer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From deliver + -er. The correct English form is deliverer, spelled D-E-L-I-V-E-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who delivers.
  2. 2
    One who brings deliverance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how deliverer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Thus, even thus, have I lived for full two thousand years [...] tormented by the memory of a crime, tortured day and night with an unfulfilled desire - without companionship, without comfort, without death, and led on only down my dreary road by the marsh lights of Hope, which, though they flickered here and there, and now glowed strong, and now were not…

Etymology

From deliver + -er.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deliverer"?
"deliverer" is spelled D-E-L-I-V-E-R-E-R.
What does "deliverer" mean?
As a noun, "deliverer" means: One who delivers.
What is the origin of the word "deliverer"?
From deliver + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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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).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list