riveter
"riveter" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“riveter” is uncommon English (frequency #86,705 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,705
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A person whose job is to rivet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-riveter · riveter · English
riveter · rank #86,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,705
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH riverbend
Nearest frequency peer: riverbend (-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 “riveter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rhum
rhum
13,301 corpus weight
- ribald
ribald
13,300 corpus weight
- rioter
rioter
13,298 corpus weight
- riverbend
riverbend
13,297 corpus weight
- riveter
riveter
13,296 corpus weight
- rivière
rivière
13,295 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “riveter” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | riveter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “riveter” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
riveter is uncommon English at frequency #86,705 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for riveter, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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 rivet + -er. The correct English form is riveter, spelled R-I-V-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person whose job is to rivet.
- 2A person whose job is to rivet.
- 3A tool used to fix rivets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how riveter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rosie the Riveter is an iconic piece of American WWII propaganda.
Ev'ry one stops to admire the scene / Rosie at work on the B-19 / She's never twittery / nervous or jittery / Rosie the riveter
Etymology
From rivet + -er.
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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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.