robber
/ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/
"robber" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“robber” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,462
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who robs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-robber · robber · English
robber · rank #17,462 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,462
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rhythmic
Nearest frequency peer: rhythmic (-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 “robber”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- reprint
reprint
82,542 corpus weight
- restroom
restroom
82,541 corpus weight
- rhythmic
rhythmic
82,540 corpus weight
- robber
robber
82,539 corpus weight
- robes
robes
82,538 corpus weight
- Rockies
Rockies
82,537 corpus weight
What this shows “robber” 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 | robber |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “robber”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around robber (IPA /ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,462 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for robber, with forms such as "orbber", "rbober", and "robberr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "robe", "roger", "rover", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er. Compare reaver (“robber, plunderer”), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately… The correct English form is robber, spelled R-O-B-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who robs.
- 2An animal who robs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how robber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I remember as a boy in my native land the bad name the common magpie (Pica caudata) had as a destroyer of chickens, and a robber of nests.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er. Compare reaver (“robber, plunderer”), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover (“a pirate”), another word of the same composition.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orbber
- rbober
- robberr
- robbre
- robebr
- rober
- rrobber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of robber - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).