jokester
/ˈd͡ʒəʊkstə/
"jokester" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jokester” is uncommon English (frequency #92,750 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,750
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who tells jokes; a joker.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jokester · jokester · English
jokester · rank #92,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,750
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jolley
Nearest frequency peer: jolley (+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 “jokester”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jip
jip
7,254 corpus weight
- jokester
jokester
7,251 corpus weight
- jolley
jolley
7,250 corpus weight
- JQ
JQ
7,249 corpus weight
- juco
juco
7,248 corpus weight
- Kadar
Kadar
7,246 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “jokester” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jokester |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒəʊkstə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jokester” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jokester is uncommon English at frequency #92,750 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒəʊkstə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jokester, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Derived from joke + -ster. The correct English form is jokester, spelled J-O-K-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who tells jokes; a joker.
- 2A person who plays practical jokes; a prankster.
- 3Jester, court jester.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jokester appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Our uncle is always being a jokester and cracking jokes about how much he eats and makes messes.
Characters commenting on their own predicament as though they were the armchair jokesters of MST3K is almost never as smart as a film’s creative team thinks it is—something for which Urban Legend serves as Exhibit A.
Etymology
Derived from joke + -ster.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).