questioner

noun

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"questioner" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“questioner” is uncommon English (frequency #53,192 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,192
frequency rank, English
288
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.

Corpus desk

Index EN-questioner · questioner · English

questioner · rank #53,192 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,192
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 288
  • PHOTO-FINISH quarto

Nearest frequency peer: quarto (-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 “questioner”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “questioner” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for questioner
PropertyValue
Headwordquestioner
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,192
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “questioner” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).questionerfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “quarto” (#53,191), “quintessentially” (#53,193), “QD” (#53,190). Among 288 “Q” headwords, “questioner” is #53,192. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

questioner is uncommon English at frequency #53,192 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for questioner in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English questioner; equivalent to question + -er. The correct English form is questioner, spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.

Etymology

From Middle English questioner; equivalent to question + -er.

Synonyms

askerinquirerinquiristinquisitorinterrogatorinterviewerquerentqueristqueryist

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "questioner"?
"questioner" is spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-E-R.
What does "questioner" mean?
As a noun, "questioner" means: A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
What is the origin of the word "questioner"?
From Middle English questioner; equivalent to question + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "questioner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

remarriage#53,209playmaking#53,171pickpocket#53,168rotisserie#53,218

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list