doubler
"doubler" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doubler” is uncommon English (frequency #91,439 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,439
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who doubles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doubler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “doubler” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
doubler is uncommon English at frequency #91,439 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for doubler, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 double (verb) + -er. The correct English form is doubler, spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who doubles.
- 2An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
- 3A metal plate riveted or welded over a preexisting metal structural component to reinforce it and relieve the stress on the preexisting component, or to serve as a patch where part of the original structure has failed or been removed.
- 4Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
- 5A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
- 6A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.
- 7A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
- 8A diaper insert.
Etymology
From double (verb) + -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.
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Using “doubler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-U-B-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.