raper
/ˈɹeɪpə(ɹ)/
"raper" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“raper” is uncommon English (frequency #66,967 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,967
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who has commited rape; a rapist.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | raper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹeɪpə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “raper” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
raper is uncommon English at frequency #66,967 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹeɪpə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who has commited rape; a rapist.".
Zero misspellings are on record for raper in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rape + -er. The correct English form is raper, spelled R-A-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who has commited rape; a rapist.
Etymology
From rape + -er.
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 “raper”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-A-P-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.