raper
/ˈɹeɪpə(ɹ)/
"raper" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“raper” is uncommon English (frequency #66,967 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,967
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who has commited rape; a rapist.
Corpus desk
Index EN-raper · raper · English
raper · rank #66,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,967
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Ramsden
Nearest frequency peer: Ramsden (-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 “raper”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- père
père
33,039 corpus weight
- Ramsden
Ramsden
33,035 corpus weight
- raper
raper
33,034 corpus weight
- rater
rater
33,033 corpus weight
- reallocation
reallocation
33,030 corpus weight
- reassign
reassign
33,029 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “raper” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “raper” in English
Rare enough to double-check
raper is uncommon English at frequency #66,967 among 3,094 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how raper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rosa refused to return to the lair of the raper, but was induced to give Tudy what his mother described as ‘his last bit of happiness’ in a bower hastily got ready at Montrose, the La Plante mansion on Greenock Heights.
"Jesus Christ!" Grimm says, profanely pushing Hightower aside as he goes on to shoot Christmas and to emasculate him, according to the custom of lynchers punishing the dark rapers of white women.
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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