drafter
"drafter" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drafter” is uncommon English (frequency #79,469 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,469
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who prepares technical drawings and plans.
Corpus desk
Index EN-drafter · drafter · English
drafter · rank #79,469 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,469
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dnieper
Nearest frequency peer: Dnieper (-4 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 “drafter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dnieper
Dnieper
20,536 corpus weight
- drafter
drafter
20,532 corpus weight
- druggist
druggist
20,528 corpus weight
- duchesse
duchesse
20,526 corpus weight
- dwarfing
dwarfing
20,525 corpus weight
- edamame
edamame
20,524 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “drafter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drafter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “drafter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
drafter is uncommon English at frequency #79,469 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for drafter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From draft + -er. The correct English form is drafter, spelled D-R-A-F-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who prepares technical drawings and plans.
- 2A person who prepares drafts.
- 3A person who writes a legislative bill.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drafter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is highly improbable that the drafter of the notice ever visualised the form that heavy vehicles of the future would take, but the comprehensive wording still covers modern types.
Departmental drafters have done their best to explain in the June report what's happened, but obviously can't write about the politics that led to Golborne being dropped. Instead, they refer to the Government's Union Connectivity Review [...].
Etymology
From draft + -er.
Synonyms
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).