Rikers
"rikers" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rikers” is uncommon English (frequency #52,601 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,601
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ellipsis of Rikers Island, an island housing New York City's main jail complex.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rikers · Rikers · English
Rikers · rank #52,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,601
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH righting
Nearest frequency peer: righting (-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 “Rikers”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- replenishing
replenishing
47,406 corpus weight
- Reticulum
Reticulum
47,404 corpus weight
- RIF
RIF
47,402 corpus weight
- righting
righting
47,401 corpus weight
- Rikers
Rikers
47,400 corpus weight
- riotous
riotous
47,398 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Rikers” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rikers |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Rikers” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Rikers is uncommon English at frequency #52,601 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ellipsis of Rikers Island, an island housing New York City's main jail complex.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rikers in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Rikers, spelled R-I-K-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Ellipsis of Rikers Island, an island housing New York City's main jail complex.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rikers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We got one maybe ID, but when we checked, we found out the suspect's been in Rikers for a year on a drug rap.
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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