racketeer
/ˌɹækɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/
"racketeer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“racketeer” is uncommon English (frequency #80,788 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,788
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | racketeer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɹækɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “racketeer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
racketeer is uncommon English at frequency #80,788 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɹækɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for racketeer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From racket + -eer. The correct English form is racketeer, spelled R-A-C-K-E-T-E-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
- 2One who instigates or has involvement with a racket.
Etymology
From racket + -eer.
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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Using “racketeer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-A-C-K-E-T-E-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.