humidifier
"humidifier" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“humidifier” is uncommon English (frequency #55,500 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,500
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air.
Corpus desk
Index EN-humidifier · humidifier · English
humidifier · rank #55,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,500
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hypersensitive
Nearest frequency peer: hypersensitive (+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 “humidifier”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hooke
Hooke
44,505 corpus weight
- horsey
horsey
44,504 corpus weight
- Hoxton
Hoxton
44,503 corpus weight
- humidifier
humidifier
44,501 corpus weight
- hypersensit…
hypersensitive
44,500 corpus weight
- idiomatic
idiomatic
44,498 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “humidifier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | humidifier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “humidifier” in English
Rare enough to double-check
humidifier is uncommon English at frequency #55,500 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for humidifier, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From humidify + -er. The correct English form is humidifier, spelled H-U-M-I-D-I-F-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how humidifier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Even the plants look expensive. A humidifier hisses beneath her calatheas.
Etymology
From humidify + -er.
Antonyms
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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