filer
/ˈfaɪlɚ/
"filer" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“filer” is uncommon English (frequency #56,120 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,120
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who files something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-filer · filer · English
filer · rank #56,120 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,120
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH finalise
Nearest frequency peer: finalise (+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 “filer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- feldspar
feldspar
43,885 corpus weight
- filer
filer
43,881 corpus weight
- finalise
finalise
43,880 corpus weight
- finicky
finicky
43,879 corpus weight
- Firenze
Firenze
43,878 corpus weight
- flatbread
flatbread
43,877 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “filer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | filer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaɪlɚ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “filer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
filer is uncommon English at frequency #56,120 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfaɪlɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for filer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From file + -er. The correct English form is filer, spelled F-I-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who files something.
- 2A software program for managing files.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how filer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hitherto I have hoarded up mementoes and monuments of the past; been a worshiper of all heirlooms; a fond filer away of letters, locks of hair, bits of ribbon, flowers, […]
The filer allows users to format and copy disks and to include a run-time UCSD Pascal operating system.
Etymology
From file + -er.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).