examiner
/əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/
"examiner" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“examiner” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,527. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,527
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who investigates someone or something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-examiner · examiner · English
examiner · rank #14,527 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,527
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH eruption
Nearest frequency peer: eruption (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “examiner”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- erect
erect
85,477 corpus weight
- erection
erection
85,476 corpus weight
- eruption
eruption
85,475 corpus weight
- examiner
examiner
85,474 corpus weight
- exercised
exercised
85,473 corpus weight
- Exeter
Exeter
85,472 corpus weight
What this shows “examiner” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | examiner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “examiner”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around examiner (IPA /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,527 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for examiner, with forms such as "eaxminer", "exaimner", and "examienr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "examine", "examined", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From examine + -er. The correct English form is examiner, spelled E-X-A-M-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who investigates someone or something.
- 2A person who sets an examination.
- 3A person who marks an examination.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how examiner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Younger [Customs] examiners, who, perhaps, have not yet acquired the intuition resulting from years of experience, seem partly responsible for the closer examination of incoming luggage. Not only is this closer scrutiny arousing feelings of resentment among passengers, but it is causing serious delays in the departure of boat trains, many of which have be…
Etymology
From examine + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eaxminer
- exaimner
- examienr
- examinerr
- examinner
- examinre
- examminer
- examnier
- exmainer
- exxaminer
- xeaminer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of examiner - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "examiner", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).