schoolteacher

noun

"schoolteacher" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“schoolteacher” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,828. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,828
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A teacher working in a school.

Key facts for schoolteacher
PropertyValue
Headwordschoolteacher
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#29,828
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “schoolteacher” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). schoolteacher lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around schoolteacher, anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,828 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A teacher working in a school.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for schoolteacher, with forms such as "cshoolteacher", "scchoolteacher", and "schhoolteacher". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From school + teacher. The correct English form is schoolteacher, spelled S-C-H-O-O-L-T-E-A-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A teacher working in a school.

Etymology

From school + teacher.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshoolteacher
  • scchoolteacher
  • schhoolteacher
  • scholoteacher
  • scholteacher
  • schooletacher
  • schoollteacher
  • schooltaecher
  • schoolteaccher
  • schoolteacehr
  • schoolteacherr
  • schoolteachher
  • schoolteachre
  • schoolteahcer
  • schooltecaher
  • schooltteacher
  • schootleacher
  • scoholteacher
  • shcoolteacher
  • sschoolteacher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schoolteacher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cshoolteacher2scchoolteacher1schhoolteacher1scholoteacher2scholteacher1schooletacher2schoollteacher1schooltaecher2
Edit distance from "schoolteacher"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schoolteacher"?
"schoolteacher" is spelled S-C-H-O-O-L-T-E-A-C-H-E-R.
What does "schoolteacher" mean?
As a noun, "schoolteacher" means: A teacher working in a school.
What are common misspellings of "schoolteacher"?
Common misspellings include "cshoolteacher", "scchoolteacher", "schhoolteacher", "scholoteacher", "scholteacher". The correct spelling is "schoolteacher".
What is the origin of the word "schoolteacher"?
From school + teacher. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “schoolteacher”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-C-H-O-O-L-T-E-A-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list