gamekeeper
"gamekeeper" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gamekeeper” is uncommon English (frequency #69,072 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,072
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gamekeeper · gamekeeper · English
gamekeeper · rank #69,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,072
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Gambian
Nearest frequency peer: Gambian (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gamekeeper”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fulford
Fulford
30,936 corpus weight
- fumigation
fumigation
30,935 corpus weight
- Gallegos
Gallegos
30,933 corpus weight
- Gambian
Gambian
30,930 corpus weight
- gamekeeper
gamekeeper
30,929 corpus weight
- Gazza
Gazza
30,927 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gamekeeper” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamekeeper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gamekeeper” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gamekeeper is uncommon English at frequency #69,072 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.".
gamekeeper has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From game + keeper. The correct English form is gamekeeper, spelled G-A-M-E-K-E-E-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.
Etymology
From game + keeper.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gamekeeper", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.