repairer
"repairer" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“repairer” is uncommon English (frequency #75,352 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,352
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who repairs things.
Corpus desk
Index EN-repairer · repairer · English
repairer · rank #75,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,352
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rejoinder
Nearest frequency peer: rejoinder (-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 “repairer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- refried
refried
24,652 corpus weight
- rehydrate
rehydrate
24,651 corpus weight
- rejoinder
rejoinder
24,650 corpus weight
- repairer
repairer
24,649 corpus weight
- reperfusion
reperfusion
24,647 corpus weight
- reprobate
reprobate
24,646 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “repairer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repairer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “repairer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
repairer is uncommon English at frequency #75,352 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who repairs things.".
repairer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From repair + -er. The correct English form is repairer, spelled R-E-P-A-I-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who repairs things.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how repairer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
The men on the freight trains, who go over the whole length of the road, bow to me as to an old acquaintance, they pass me so often, and apparently they take me for an employee; and so I am. I too would fain be a track-repairer somewhere in the orbit of the earth.
Etymology
From repair + -er.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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