screener

noun

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"screener" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“screener” is uncommon English (frequency #67,028 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,028
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who, or that which, screens.

Corpus desk

Index EN-screener · screener · English

screener · rank #67,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,028
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Scientologist

Nearest frequency peer: Scientologist (-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 “screener”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “screener” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for screener
PropertyValue
Headwordscreener
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,028
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “screener” in English

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

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Scientologist” (#67,027), “scrounge” (#67,029), “Schoen” (#67,025). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “screener” is #67,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

screener is uncommon English at frequency #67,028 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for screener, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From screen + -er. The correct English form is screener, spelled S-C-R-E-E-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who, or that which, screens.
  2. 2
    One who, or that which, screens.
  3. 3
    An advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, etc.
  4. 4
    A cinema having the specified number of screens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how screener appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Movie buffs can indulge themselves at the Hollywood Cinema, a two screener showing second-run films at reduced prices, 5916 Hamilton Avenue.

Etymology

From screen + -er.

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 "screener"?
"screener" is spelled S-C-R-E-E-N-E-R.
What does "screener" mean?
As a noun, "screener" means: One who, or that which, screens.
What is the origin of the word "screener"?
From screen + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "screener", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scrounge#67,029schizoid#67,024shawarma#67,039softwood#67,057

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list