shanker
"shanker" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shanker” is uncommon English (frequency #85,765 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,765
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who shanks (in any of various senses).
Corpus desk
Index EN-shanker · shanker · English
shanker · rank #85,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,765
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH shambling
Nearest frequency peer: shambling (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “shanker”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- serviceabil…
serviceability
14,240 corpus weight
- sexualize
sexualize
14,238 corpus weight
- shambling
shambling
14,237 corpus weight
- shanker
shanker
14,236 corpus weight
- Shelagh
Shelagh
14,235 corpus weight
- sherm
sherm
14,234 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “shanker” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shanker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shanker” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shanker is uncommon English at frequency #85,765 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for shanker in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From shank + -er. The correct English form is shanker, spelled S-H-A-N-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who shanks (in any of various senses).
- 2One who shanks (in any of various senses).
Etymology
From shank + -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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shanker", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.