exporter
"exporter" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exporter” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #19,832 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,832
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.
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 | exporter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exporter” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for exporter is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #19,832 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for exporter, with forms such as "epxorter", "exoprter", and "exporetr". 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, "export", "explorer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From export + -er. The correct English form is exporter, spelled E-X-P-O-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.
Etymology
From export + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epxorter,exoprter,exporetr,exporrter,exporterr,exportre,exportter,expotrer,expporter,exproter,exxporter,xeporter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exporter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “exporter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-X-P-O-R-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “export” - see the side-by-side comparison. exporter vs export
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.