shoplifter
"shoplifter" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shoplifter” is uncommon English (frequency #64,705 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,705
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shoplifter · shoplifter · English
shoplifter · rank #64,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,705
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH silage
Nearest frequency peer: silage (+4 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 “shoplifter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sentience
sentience
35,303 corpus weight
- seva
seva
35,302 corpus weight
- shoplifter
shoplifter
35,296 corpus weight
- silage
silage
35,292 corpus weight
- Sindhi
Sindhi
35,291 corpus weight
- sinew
sinew
35,290 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “shoplifter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shoplifter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shoplifter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shoplifter is uncommon English at frequency #64,705 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for shoplifter, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From shop + lifter. The correct English form is shoplifter, spelled S-H-O-P-L-I-F-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shoplifter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Shoplifters will be prosecuted.
The shoplifters are much less to be dreaded than the sneak, as they do not carry off cash, rarely any very valuable property […]
Etymology
From shop + lifter.
Synonyms
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.
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