peeler
/ˈpiːlɚ/
"peeler" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peeler” is uncommon English (frequency #54,388 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,388
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A police officer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-peeler · peeler · English
peeler · rank #54,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,388
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pecuniary
Nearest frequency peer: pecuniary (-2 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 “peeler”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- paymaster
paymaster
45,619 corpus weight
- PDX
PDX
45,616 corpus weight
- pecuniary
pecuniary
45,615 corpus weight
- peeler
peeler
45,613 corpus weight
- Perera
Perera
45,608 corpus weight
- perpetrate
perpetrate
45,607 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “peeler” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peeler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpiːlɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “peeler” in English
Rare enough to double-check
peeler is uncommon English at frequency #54,388 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpiːlɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A police officer.".
peeler has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the surname of Sir Robert Peel, who established the Irish constabulary and London's police force; compare bobby, from the given name. The correct English form is peeler, spelled P-E-E-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A police officer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peeler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A peeler man who heard the din came in to see the show; He tried to run the bushman in, but he refused to go. And when at last the barber spoke, and said "'Twas all in fun— 'Twas just a little harmless joke, a trifle overdone."
I’d covered pretty nearly two miles before I came across a peeler, — and when I did the man was cracked — and he thought me mad, or drunk, or both. By the time I’d got myself within nodding distance of being run in for obstructing the police in the execution of their duty, […] Holt was out of sight.
Etymology
From the surname of Sir Robert Peel, who established the Irish constabulary and London's police force; compare bobby, from the given name.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).