hider
/ˈhaɪdə/
"hider" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hider” is uncommon English (frequency #84,355 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,355
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who hides oneself or a thing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hider |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhaɪdə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hider” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hider is uncommon English at frequency #84,355 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhaɪdə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who hides oneself or a thing.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hider, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hide + -er. The correct English form is hider, spelled H-I-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who hides oneself or a thing.
Etymology
From hide + -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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Using “hider”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-I-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.