scrubber
/ˈskɹʌbə/
"scrubber" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scrubber” is an uncommon English word, ranked #55,086 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,086
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scrubber |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈskɹʌbə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scrubber” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for scrubber is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈskɹʌbə/. Corpus data places it at rank #55,086 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for scrubber in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From scrub + -er. The correct English form is scrubber, spelled S-C-R-U-B-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.
- 2A soft and flexible handheld polymer-fiber implement for scrubbing tasks.
- 3A device that removes impurities from gases.
- 4A machine for washing leather after the tanpit.
- 5An animal (especially cattle) that has broken away from the herd and established itself in the bush.
- 6Someone who lives in the bush; a wild person, someone only partly assimilated into society.
- 7A prostitute or a slovenly woman.
- 8A dirty or unhygienic person.
- 9A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.
Etymology
From scrub + -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.
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Using “scrubber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-C-R-U-B-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈskɹʌbə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.