designator
"designator" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“designator” is uncommon English (frequency #79,449 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,449
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who, or term that, designates.
Corpus desk
Index EN-designator · designator · English
designator · rank #79,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,449
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH denizen
Nearest frequency peer: denizen (-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 “designator”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- demystify
demystify
20,555 corpus weight
- denialism
denialism
20,554 corpus weight
- denizen
denizen
20,553 corpus weight
- designator
designator
20,552 corpus weight
- developement
developement
20,550 corpus weight
- dialer
dialer
20,547 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “designator” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | designator |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “designator” in English
Rare enough to double-check
designator is uncommon English at frequency #79,449 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for designator in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From designate + -or. The correct English form is designator, spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1A person who, or term that, designates.
- 2An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.
Etymology
From designate + -or.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).