restrictor
"restrictor" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“restrictor” is uncommon English (frequency #88,777 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,777
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anything that restricts
Corpus desk
Index EN-restrictor · restrictor · English
restrictor · rank #88,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,777
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH returnee
Nearest frequency peer: returnee (+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 “restrictor”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reet
reet
11,230 corpus weight
- remount
remount
11,226 corpus weight
- restrictor
restrictor
11,224 corpus weight
- returnee
returnee
11,223 corpus weight
- reusability
reusability
11,222 corpus weight
- Roehampton
Roehampton
11,217 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “restrictor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | restrictor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “restrictor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
restrictor is uncommon English at frequency #88,777 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anything that restricts".
No misspelling variants are generated for restrictor in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From restrict + -or. The correct English form is restrictor, spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Anything that restricts
Etymology
From restrict + -or.
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).