fuddler
"fuddler" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fuddler” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A drunkard.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fuddler · fuddler · English
fuddler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fuddler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fuddler” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fuddler is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A drunkard.".
fuddler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fuddle + -er. The correct English form is fuddler, spelled F-U-D-D-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A drunkard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fuddler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And the last, I heard of him was, that he was grown a Fudler, and Railer at strict men.
“Owd Roddle” is a broken-down village fuddler, in Smallbridge; perpetually racking his brains about “another gill.”
Etymology
From fuddle + -er.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.