downloader
"downloader" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“downloader” is uncommon English (frequency #62,851 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,851
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-downloader · downloader · English
downloader · rank #62,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,851
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH doty
Nearest frequency peer: doty (-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 “downloader”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- doling
doling
37,153 corpus weight
- doty
doty
37,151 corpus weight
- downloader
downloader
37,150 corpus weight
- Dravidian
Dravidian
37,149 corpus weight
- driller
driller
37,147 corpus weight
- Drouin
Drouin
37,146 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “downloader” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | downloader |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “downloader” in English
Rare enough to double-check
downloader is uncommon English at frequency #62,851 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for downloader, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From download + -er. The correct English form is downloader, spelled D-O-W-N-L-O-A-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
- 2A computer program that assists with the downloading of files.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how downloader appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities.
Etymology
From download + -er.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).