gasser
"gasser" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gasser” is uncommon English (frequency #71,524 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,524
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who gasses, or poisons with gas.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gasser · gasser · English
gasser · rank #71,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,524
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gaydar
Nearest frequency peer: gaydar (+2 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 “gasser”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Fuzhou
Fuzhou
28,483 corpus weight
- gainfully
gainfully
28,481 corpus weight
- Gansu
Gansu
28,480 corpus weight
- gasser
gasser
28,477 corpus weight
- gaydar
gaydar
28,475 corpus weight
- genii
genii
28,472 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gasser” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gasser |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gasser” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gasser is uncommon English at frequency #71,524 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for gasser in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gas + -er. The correct English form is gasser, spelled G-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who gasses, or poisons with gas.
- 2Something highly entertaining or remarkable.
- 3A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration.
- 4A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Poison-gas fortunately proved to be a two-edged weapon when it was used on the battlefield. […] The wind could turn about to gas the gassers.
Etymology
From gas + -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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).