knower
"knower" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“knower” is uncommon English (frequency #87,460 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,460
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agent noun of know: one who knows.
Corpus desk
Index EN-knower · knower · English
knower · rank #87,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,460
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kirklees
Nearest frequency peer: Kirklees (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “knower”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kincardine
Kincardine
12,545 corpus weight
- Kintyre
Kintyre
12,543 corpus weight
- Kirklees
Kirklees
12,542 corpus weight
- knower
knower
12,541 corpus weight
- kobold
kobold
12,539 corpus weight
- Kodachrome
Kodachrome
12,538 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “knower” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | knower |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “knower” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
knower is uncommon English at frequency #87,460 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Agent noun of know: one who knows.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for knower in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From know + -er. The correct English form is knower, spelled K-N-O-W-E-R.
Definition
- 1Agent noun of know: one who knows.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how knower appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The doctor is the modern master of the mythological realm, the knower of all the secret ways and words of potency.
Etymology
From know + -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.
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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.