downloader

noun

"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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for downloader
PropertyValue
Headworddownloader
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,851
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “downloader” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).downloaderfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “doty” (#62,850), “Dravidian” (#62,852), “doling” (#62,848). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “downloader” is #62,851. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
  2. 2
    A computer program that assists with the downloading of files.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "downloader"?
"downloader" is spelled D-O-W-N-L-O-A-D-E-R.
What does "downloader" mean?
As a noun, "downloader" means: Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
What is the origin of the word "downloader"?
From download + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "downloader", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list