juggler
/ˈd͡ʒʌɡl̩ə(ɹ)/
"juggler" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“juggler” is uncommon English (frequency #50,020 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,020
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Agent noun of juggle; one who either literally juggles objects, or figuratively juggles tasks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | juggler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒʌɡl̩ə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “juggler” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
juggler is uncommon English at frequency #50,020 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒʌɡl̩ə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for juggler in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English jogeler, jogelour, iogular, partly continuing Old English ġeogolere (“juggler; magician; wizard”) and partly from Anglo-Norman jogelour, jugelur, Old French jongleur (“juggler”), equivalent to juggle + -er. Doublet of jongleur. The correct English form is juggler, spelled J-U-G-G-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Agent noun of juggle; one who either literally juggles objects, or figuratively juggles tasks.
- 2A person who practices juggling.
- 3A person who performs tricks using sleight of hand, a conjurer, prestidigitator.
- 4A magician or wizard.
Etymology
From Middle English jogeler, jogelour, iogular, partly continuing Old English ġeogolere (“juggler; magician; wizard”) and partly from Anglo-Norman jogelour, jugelur, Old French jongleur (“juggler”), equivalent to juggle + -er. Doublet of jongleur.
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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Using “juggler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-U-G-G-L-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.