gunsmith
/ˈɡʌnˌsmɪθ/
"gunsmith" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gunsmith” is uncommon English (frequency #62,939 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,939
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A manufacturer of guns.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gunsmith · gunsmith · English
gunsmith · rank #62,939 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,939
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grungy
Nearest frequency peer: grungy (-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 “gunsmith”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gratia
Gratia
37,068 corpus weight
- Grenier
Grenier
37,066 corpus weight
- grotesquely
grotesquely
37,064 corpus weight
- grungy
grungy
37,063 corpus weight
- gunsmith
gunsmith
37,062 corpus weight
- gushes
gushes
37,061 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gunsmith” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gunsmith |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡʌnˌsmɪθ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gunsmith” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gunsmith is uncommon English at frequency #62,939 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡʌnˌsmɪθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gunsmith in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gun + smith. The correct English form is gunsmith, spelled G-U-N-S-M-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1A manufacturer of guns.
- 2A person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gunsmith appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In New York, state lawmakers announced legislation on Monday that would require makers of ghost guns to have a gunsmith license and register the firearms.
Etymology
From gun + smith.
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); 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).