kayaker
"kayaker" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kayaker” is uncommon English (frequency #84,425 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,425
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who kayaks.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kayaker · kayaker · English
kayaker · rank #84,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,425
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kherson
Nearest frequency peer: Kherson (+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 “kayaker”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Juggalo
Juggalo
15,582 corpus weight
- juvie
juvie
15,581 corpus weight
- kayaker
kayaker
15,576 corpus weight
- Kherson
Kherson
15,575 corpus weight
- kinfolk
kinfolk
15,571 corpus weight
- Kitamura
Kitamura
15,568 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kayaker” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kayaker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kayaker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kayaker is uncommon English at frequency #84,425 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who kayaks.".
No misspelling variants are generated for kayaker in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From kayak + -er. The correct English form is kayaker, spelled K-A-Y-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who kayaks.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kayaker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A kayaker who was thrown from his boat and was being swept towards Teddington Weir was saved from a possible "fatal injury" by a brave rescue lifeboat team.
Kayaking out in pre-dawn darkness to catch the sunrise behind Turnip Rock is a special treat for experienced kayakers.
Etymology
From kayak + -er.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).