sharer
"sharer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sharer” is uncommon English (frequency #88,843 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,843
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who shares.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sharer · sharer · English
sharer · rank #88,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,843
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sheerness
Nearest frequency peer: sheerness (+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 “sharer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- severest
severest
11,162 corpus weight
- shapewear
shapewear
11,160 corpus weight
- sharer
sharer
11,158 corpus weight
- sheerness
sheerness
11,157 corpus weight
- Sherburne
Sherburne
11,156 corpus weight
- Sherrington
Sherrington
11,155 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sharer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sharer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sharer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sharer is uncommon English at frequency #88,843 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sharer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From share + -er. The correct English form is sharer, spelled S-H-A-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who shares.
- 2A dish at a restaurant, etc. intended to be shared between several people.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sharer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the true gamesters pretended to be ill, and refused their glass, while they plied heartily two young fellows, who were to be afterwards pillaged, as indeed they were without mercy. Of this plunder I had the good fortune to be a sharer, though I was not yet let into the secret.
He was densely distressed—and perhaps I should have sympathized with him if I had been able to detach my mental vision from the unsuspected sharer of my cabin as though he were my second self. There he was on the other side of the bulkhead, four or five feet from us, no more, as we sat in the saloon.
Etymology
From share + -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 "sharer"?
What does "sharer" mean?
What is the origin of the word "sharer"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sharer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).