gunfighter

noun

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"gunfighter" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gunfighter” is uncommon English (frequency #70,722 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,722
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who engages in gunfights; a gunslinger.

Corpus desk

Index EN-gunfighter · gunfighter · English

gunfighter · rank #70,722 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,722
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gurkha

Nearest frequency peer: Gurkha (+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 “gunfighter”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “gunfighter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gunfighter
PropertyValue
Headwordgunfighter
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,722
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gunfighter” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).gunfighterfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Gurkha” (#70,724), “Guterres” (#70,726), “Grinstead” (#70,717). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “gunfighter” is #70,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gunfighter is uncommon English at frequency #70,722 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who engages in gunfights; a gunslinger.".

gunfighter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From gun + fighter. The correct English form is gunfighter, spelled G-U-N-F-I-G-H-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who engages in gunfights; a gunslinger.

Etymology

From gun + fighter.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gunfighter"?
"gunfighter" is spelled G-U-N-F-I-G-H-T-E-R.
What does "gunfighter" mean?
As a noun, "gunfighter" means: A person who engages in gunfights; a gunslinger.
What is the origin of the word "gunfighter"?
From gun + fighter. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gunfighter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list