seducer

noun

"seducer" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“seducer” is uncommon English (frequency #63,235 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,235
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman.

Corpus desk

Index EN-seducer · seducer · English

seducer · rank #63,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,235
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH seascape

Nearest frequency peer: seascape (-2 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 “seducer”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for seducer
PropertyValue
Headwordseducer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,235
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “seducer” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).seducerfalls 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: “seascape” (#63,233), “seahawk” (#63,231), “septal” (#63,239). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “seducer” is #63,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

seducer is uncommon English at frequency #63,235 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman.".

seducer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From seduce + -er. The correct English form is seducer, spelled S-E-D-U-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. But Ted Farrell couldn't stop; that armful of active girl was too much for the wise precautions of a seducer. He kept panting, "Don't be a nark, Cora," while struggling to hold her down.
  2. Knox takes us through the lives of memorable seducers and their critics, in sometimes academic and sometimes rococo prose dappled with doges, coups de foudre, rakes, bawds, coquettes, coxcombs and procuresses — with guest appearances by members of the Frankfurt School sunning themselves in La Jolla.

Etymology

From seduce + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seducer"?
"seducer" is spelled S-E-D-U-C-E-R.
What does "seducer" mean?
As a noun, "seducer" means: Someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman.
What is the origin of the word "seducer"?
From seduce + -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 "seducer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list