hellraiser
"hellraiser" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hellraiser” is uncommon English (frequency #69,107 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,107
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who engages in wild, wanton behavior: one who raises hell.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hellraiser · hellraiser · English
hellraiser · rank #69,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,107
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH Hexham
Nearest frequency peer: Hexham (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hellraiser”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Harts
Harts
30,899 corpus weight
- Harun
Harun
30,897 corpus weight
- hellraiser
hellraiser
30,894 corpus weight
- Hexham
Hexham
30,892 corpus weight
- Hislop
Hislop
30,889 corpus weight
- homefront
homefront
30,887 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hellraiser” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hellraiser |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hellraiser” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hellraiser is uncommon English at frequency #69,107 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who engages in wild, wanton behavior: one who raises hell.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hellraiser in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hell + raiser. Coined in 1914. The correct English form is hellraiser, spelled H-E-L-L-R-A-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who engages in wild, wanton behavior: one who raises hell.
Etymology
From hell + raiser. Coined in 1914.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.