pursuer
"pursuer" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pursuer” is uncommon English (frequency #63,163 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,163
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who pursues.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pursuer · pursuer · English
pursuer · rank #63,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,163
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH putsch
Nearest frequency peer: putsch (+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 “pursuer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Prowse
Prowse
36,842 corpus weight
- pula
pula
36,840 corpus weight
- pursuer
pursuer
36,838 corpus weight
- putsch
putsch
36,837 corpus weight
- quadrature
quadrature
36,836 corpus weight
- quadriplegic
quadriplegic
36,835 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pursuer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pursuer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pursuer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pursuer is uncommon English at frequency #63,163 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pursuer has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pursue + -er. The correct English form is pursuer, spelled P-U-R-S-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who pursues.
- 2The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pursuer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]
Etymology
From pursue + -er.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).