sixer
"sixer" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sixer” is uncommon English (frequency #89,909 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,909
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sixer · sixer · English
sixer · rank #89,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,909
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH signee
Nearest frequency peer: signee (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sixer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- shiz
shiz
10,101 corpus weight
- Shoshana
Shoshana
10,098 corpus weight
- signee
signee
10,094 corpus weight
- sixer
sixer
10,092 corpus weight
- skittle
skittle
10,089 corpus weight
- smiting
smiting
10,085 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sixer” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sixer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sixer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sixer is uncommon English at frequency #89,909 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for sixer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From six + -er. The correct English form is sixer, spelled S-I-X-E-R.
Definition
- 1A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.
- 2A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.
- 3A prison sentence of six months.
- 4A six-pack of a beverage.
- 5A conker that has won six matches.
Etymology
From six + -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 "sixer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 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.