rangefinder
"rangefinder" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rangefinder” is uncommon English (frequency #60,406 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,406
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several designs of optical (or other) instrument used to measure the distance to an object
Corpus desk
Index EN-rangefinder · rangefinder · English
rangefinder · rank #60,406 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,406
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH ramada
Nearest frequency peer: ramada (-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 “rangefinder”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Rackham
Rackham
39,598 corpus weight
- ramada
ramada
39,596 corpus weight
- rangefinder
rangefinder
39,595 corpus weight
- rapacious
rapacious
39,594 corpus weight
- Ravenswood
Ravenswood
39,593 corpus weight
- redefinition
redefinition
39,591 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rangefinder” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rangefinder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rangefinder” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rangefinder is uncommon English at frequency #60,406 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rangefinder, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From range + finder. The correct English form is rangefinder, spelled R-A-N-G-E-F-I-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Any of several designs of optical (or other) instrument used to measure the distance to an object
- 2Abbreviation of rangefinder camera.
Etymology
From range + finder.
Synonyms
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).