newsreader
"newsreader" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“newsreader” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,225
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An anchorman in a news program, a news anchor, newscaster.
Corpus desk
Index EN-newsreader · newsreader · English
newsreader · rank #47,225 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,225
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH newness
Nearest frequency peer: newness (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “newsreader”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- neu
neu
52,779 corpus weight
- Newington
Newington
52,778 corpus weight
- newness
newness
52,777 corpus weight
- newsreader
newsreader
52,776 corpus weight
- nipping
nipping
52,775 corpus weight
- nontraditio…
nontraditional
52,773 corpus weight
What this shows “newsreader” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | newsreader |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #47,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “newsreader”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around newsreader, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,225 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for newsreader, with forms such as "enwsreader", "neswreader", and "newrseader". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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 news + reader. The correct English form is newsreader, spelled N-E-W-S-R-E-A-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1An anchorman in a news program, a news anchor, newscaster.
- 2A program for reading and posting to newsgroups.
Etymology
From news + reader.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enwsreader
- neswreader
- newrseader
- newserader
- newsraeder
- newsreadder
- newsreaderr
- newsreadre
- newsreaedr
- newsredaer
- newsrreader
- newssreader
- newwsreader
- nnewsreader
- nwesreader
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of newsreader - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "newsreader", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).