ringmaster
"ringmaster" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ringmaster” is uncommon English (frequency #68,591 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,591
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - The person who manages the performers in a circus ring.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ringmaster · ringmaster · English
ringmaster · rank #68,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,591
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Riek
Nearest frequency peer: Riek (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ringmaster”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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31,411 corpus weight
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31,410 corpus weight
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31,408 corpus weight
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31,405 corpus weight
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31,403 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ringmaster” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ringmaster |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ringmaster” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ringmaster is uncommon English at frequency #68,591 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ringmaster, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ring + master. The correct English form is ringmaster, spelled R-I-N-G-M-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1The person who manages the performers in a circus ring.
- 2The person who maintains a webring.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ringmaster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Individuals looking to add their own homepage to a particular ring are, however, more or less at the mercy of the ringmaster, who often maintains a ring homepage listing its acceptance (or membership) policies and an index of its member sites.
Each of the member websites in a webring had a navigation area at the bottom of the page that had “next” and “previous” buttons directing surfers to other sites in the ring. […] People needed ringmasters because the number of sites aimed at women was exploding.
Etymology
From ring + master.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.