destructor
"destructor" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“destructor” is uncommon English (frequency #74,893 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,893
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who destructs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-destructor · destructor · English
destructor · rank #74,893 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,893
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH depute
Nearest frequency peer: depute (-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 “destructor”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dein
dein
25,114 corpus weight
- delisting
delisting
25,112 corpus weight
- demoralize
demoralize
25,111 corpus weight
- depute
depute
25,109 corpus weight
- destructor
destructor
25,108 corpus weight
- Devaney
Devaney
25,106 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “destructor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | destructor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “destructor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
destructor is uncommon English at frequency #74,893 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
destructor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From destruct + -or. The correct English form is destructor, spelled D-E-S-T-R-U-C-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1One who destructs.
- 2A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
- 3A function that runs when an object is no longer required, used to release any resources that it was using.
Etymology
From destruct + -or.
This word in other languages
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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