gasper
"gasper" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gasper” is uncommon English (frequency #94,882 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,882
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person or animal that gasps.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gasper · gasper · English
gasper · rank #94,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,882
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gascoyne
Nearest frequency peer: gascoyne (-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 “gasper”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- furr
furr
5,125 corpus weight
- furze
furze
5,124 corpus weight
- Galatia
Galatia
5,122 corpus weight
- gascoyne
gascoyne
5,120 corpus weight
- gasper
gasper
5,119 corpus weight
- gastropod
gastropod
5,118 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gasper” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gasper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gasper” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gasper is uncommon English at frequency #94,882 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gasper, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gasp + -er. The correct English form is gasper, spelled G-A-S-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person or animal that gasps.
- 2Something that causes one to gasp in shock, suspense, or awe.
- 3A cigarette.
- 4One who is aroused by autoasphyxiation.
- 5An adjustable air outlet over a passenger seat in aircraft.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gasper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viserys unsheathes his dagger and says he’ll have his tongue for this, but his brother is quicker. In a classic Game Of Thrones gasper of a moment, Daemon whips out his sword and slices the top half of Vaemond’s head off like a watermelon. “He can keep his tongue,” the prince remarks, in a savage mic drop.
Standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper / I'm on a street corner with a gasper
Etymology
From gasp + -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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