hundreder

noun

"hundreder" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hundreder” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of hundredman: An administrator overseeing a hundred.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hundreder · hundreder · English

hundreder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for hundreder
PropertyValue
Headwordhundreder
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hundreder” in English

hundrederfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hundreder is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hundreder, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hunderdere (whence also Medieval Latin hundredārius), equivalent to hundred + -er. The correct English form is hundreder, spelled H-U-N-D-R-E-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of hundredman: An administrator overseeing a hundred.
  2. 2
    An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred, hence (law) a person eligible for jury duty within a hundred.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hundreder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Henry the ſixth was in this Edmunds house (Hundreder of S. Albans) during the time of the first battell

Etymology

From Middle English hunderdere (whence also Medieval Latin hundredārius), equivalent to hundred + -er.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hundreder"?
"hundreder" is spelled H-U-N-D-R-E-D-E-R.
What does "hundreder" mean?
As a noun, "hundreder" means: Synonym of hundredman: An administrator overseeing a hundred.
What is the origin of the word "hundreder"?
From Middle English hunderdere (whence also Medieval Latin hundredārius), equivalent to hundred + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list