rear-ender
"rear-ender" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rear-ender” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A minor automobile accident in which contact is made between the front of one vehicle and the rear of another.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rear-ender |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rear-ender” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rear-ender is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A minor automobile accident in which contact is made between the front of one vehicle and the rear of another.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for rear-ender in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rear end + -er. The correct English form is rear-ender, spelled R-E-A-R---E-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A minor automobile accident in which contact is made between the front of one vehicle and the rear of another.
Etymology
From rear end + -er.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “rear-ender”
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- The one correct English spelling is R-E-A-R---E-N-D-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.