druggist
"druggist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“druggist” is uncommon English (frequency #79,473 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,473
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.
Corpus desk
Index EN-druggist · druggist · English
druggist · rank #79,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,473
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH duchesse
Nearest frequency peer: duchesse (+2 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 “druggist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 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
- eggy
eggy
20,521 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “druggist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | druggist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “druggist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
druggist is uncommon English at frequency #79,473 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for druggist, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French droguiste, replacing earlier drugger. See drug. The correct English form is druggist, spelled D-R-U-G-G-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A manufacturer and vendor of drugs and medicines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how druggist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For sale by all druggists
No druggist of the soul bestow'd on all / So catholicly a curing cordial.
Etymology
From French droguiste, replacing earlier drugger. See drug.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).