responder
/ɹɪˈspɒndə/
"responder" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“responder” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,736. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,736
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who responds.
Corpus desk
Index EN-responder · responder · English
responder · rank #36,736 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,736
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reshuffle
Nearest frequency peer: reshuffle (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “responder”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- relaying
relaying
63,269 corpus weight
- reshuffle
reshuffle
63,266 corpus weight
- responder
responder
63,265 corpus weight
- retiree
retiree
63,264 corpus weight
- rewatching
rewatching
63,263 corpus weight
- rho
rho
63,262 corpus weight
What this shows “responder” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | responder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈspɒndə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “responder”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around responder (IPA /ɹɪˈspɒndə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,736 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for responder, with forms such as "ersponder", "repsonder", and "resopnder". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "response", "respond", "responded", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From respond + -er. The correct English form is responder, spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who responds.
- 2A person who responds to an emergency situation or other summons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how responder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]
911 responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call.
Etymology
From respond + -er.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ersponder
- repsonder
- resopnder
- respnoder
- respodner
- respondder
- responderr
- respondre
- responedr
- responnder
- respponder
- ressponder
- rresponder
- rseponder
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of responder - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "responder", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).