sharpshooter
"sharpshooter" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sharpshooter” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #45,651 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,651
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sharpshooter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #45,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sharpshooter” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for sharpshooter is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #45,651 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for sharpshooter, with forms such as "hsarpshooter", "sahrpshooter", and "shaprshooter". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze. The correct English form is sharpshooter, spelled S-H-A-R-P-S-H-O-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
- 2A proconiine (type of leafhopper).
- 3A submission hold characterized by one wrestler twisting the other's legs upwards while sitting on their back.
Etymology
sharp + shooter, a calque of German Scharfschütze.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hsarpshooter,sahrpshooter,shaprshooter,sharphsooter,sharppshooter,sharpshhooter,sharpshooetr,sharpshooterr,sharpshootre,sharpshootter,sharpshoter,sharpshotoer,sharpsohoter,sharpsshooter,sharrpshooter,sharsphooter,shharpshooter,shrapshooter,ssharpshooter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sharpshooter - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “sharpshooter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-H-A-R-P-S-H-O-O-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.