pepper shaker
/ˈpɛpə(ɹ)ˌʃeɪkə(ɹ)/
"pepper-shaker" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pepper shaker” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pepper-shaker · pepper shaker · English
pepper shaker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pepper shaker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɛpə(ɹ)ˌʃeɪkə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pepper shaker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pepper shaker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɛpə(ɹ)ˌʃeɪkə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pepper shaker, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is pepper shaker, spelled P-E-P-P-E-R- -S-H-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1A small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.