rater
/ˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
"rater" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rater” is uncommon English (frequency #66,968 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,968
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who provides a rating or assessment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rater · rater · English
rater · rank #66,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,968
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH raper
Nearest frequency peer: raper (-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 “rater”
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 “rater” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rater |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rater” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rater is uncommon English at frequency #66,968 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who provides a rating or assessment.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rater, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rate (“to appraise”) + -er. The correct English form is rater, spelled R-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who provides a rating or assessment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rater appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The three raters agreed on the score.
Etymology
From rate (“to appraise”) + -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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