indexer
"indexer" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“indexer” is uncommon English (frequency #83,370 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,370
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person or program which creates indexes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-indexer · indexer · English
indexer · rank #83,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,370
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH inconveniently
Nearest frequency peer: inconveniently (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “indexer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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16,633 corpus weight
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16,632 corpus weight
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16,631 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “indexer” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indexer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “indexer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
indexer is uncommon English at frequency #83,370 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for indexer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From index + -er. The correct English form is indexer, spelled I-N-D-E-X-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person or program which creates indexes.
- 2A special property of a class allowing objects of the class to be accessed by index as though they were arrays or hash tables.
Etymology
From index + -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.
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 7 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.