fishmonger
/ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.ə(ɹ)/
"fishmonger" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fishmonger” is uncommon English (frequency #67,449 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,449
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who sells fish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fishmonger · fishmonger · English
fishmonger · rank #67,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,449
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fixings
Nearest frequency peer: fixings (+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 “fishmonger”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fetid
fetid
32,559 corpus weight
- FICA
FICA
32,555 corpus weight
- fishmonger
fishmonger
32,552 corpus weight
- fixings
fixings
32,551 corpus weight
- flapped
flapped
32,549 corpus weight
- FMV
FMV
32,546 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fishmonger” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fishmonger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.ə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fishmonger” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fishmonger is uncommon English at frequency #67,449 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡ.ə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for fishmonger in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fisshemonger; equivalent to fish + monger. The correct English form is fishmonger, spelled F-I-S-H-M-O-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who sells fish.
- 2A shop that sells fish; a fishmonger's shop, a fishmonger's.
- 3A pimp.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fishmonger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If he made transcendental distinctions, he fortified himself by drawing all his illustrations from sources disdained by orators and polite conversers; from mares and puppies; from pitchers and soup-ladles; from cooks and criers; the shops of potters, horse-doctors, butchers, and fishmongers.
And Susan, sure of this inevitable answer, would ask Cook to pop into the fishmonger for a nice bit of salmon, […]
Etymology
From Middle English fisshemonger; equivalent to fish + monger.
This word in other languages
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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