ratepayer
"ratepayer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ratepayer” is uncommon English (frequency #94,169 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,169
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who pays for a public utility or service.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ratepayer · ratepayer · English
ratepayer · rank #94,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,169
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH ravin
Nearest frequency peer: ravin (+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 “ratepayer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rakish
rakish
5,836 corpus weight
- Rameau
Rameau
5,834 corpus weight
- ratepayer
ratepayer
5,832 corpus weight
- ravin
ravin
5,831 corpus weight
- rebook
rebook
5,827 corpus weight
- reddening
reddening
5,826 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ratepayer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ratepayer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #94,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ratepayer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ratepayer is uncommon English at frequency #94,169 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who pays for a public utility or service.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ratepayer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rate + payer. The correct English form is ratepayer, spelled R-A-T-E-P-A-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who pays for a public utility or service.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ratepayer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The government is supposed to mediate between ratepayers and the power company.
Etymology
From rate + payer.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).