gossiper

noun

"gossiper" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gossiper” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who gossips.

Corpus desk

Index EN-gossiper · gossiper · English

gossiper · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for gossiper
PropertyValue
Headwordgossiper
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gossiper” in English

gossiperranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gossiper is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who gossips.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gossiper, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From gossip + -er. The correct English form is gossiper, spelled G-O-S-S-I-P-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who gossips.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gossiper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The gossiper, Emma wishes to control her receiver's of gossip (Harriet) opinion about Emma's marriage through setting Miss Bates, the gossipee, as a bad example to be followed in pursuing a dream of marriage.

Etymology

From gossip + -er.

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gossiper"?
"gossiper" is spelled G-O-S-S-I-P-E-R.
What does "gossiper" mean?
As a noun, "gossiper" means: A person who gossips.
What is the origin of the word "gossiper"?
From gossip + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list