pawnbroker
/ˈpɔːnˌbɹəʊ.kə(ɹ)/
"pawnbroker" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pawnbroker” is uncommon English (frequency #67,718 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,718
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pawnbroker · pawnbroker · English
pawnbroker · rank #67,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,718
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH payee
Nearest frequency peer: payee (+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 “pawnbroker”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pancetta
pancetta
32,287 corpus weight
- pappus
pappus
32,286 corpus weight
- pawnbroker
pawnbroker
32,283 corpus weight
- payee
payee
32,282 corpus weight
- peaty
peaty
32,281 corpus weight
- pedantry
pedantry
32,280 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pawnbroker” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pawnbroker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɔːnˌbɹəʊ.kə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pawnbroker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pawnbroker is uncommon English at frequency #67,718 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɔːnˌbɹəʊ.kə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.".
pawnbroker has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pawn + broker. The correct English form is pawnbroker, spelled P-A-W-N-B-R-O-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pawnbroker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"We may keep it by us," replied the pawnbroker, "for months; there is no demand for such articles." "But," exclaimed she, eagerly, "I shall soon redeem it!" "So you all say," returned the man, with imperturbable coolness.
Etymology
From pawn + broker.
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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