skydiver
/ˈskaɪˌdaɪvɚ/
"skydiver" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skydiver” is uncommon English (frequency #68,645 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,645
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who skydives.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skydiver · skydiver · English
skydiver · rank #68,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,645
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH smasher
Nearest frequency peer: smasher (+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 “skydiver”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- skews
skews
31,360 corpus weight
- skinless
skinless
31,358 corpus weight
- skydiver
skydiver
31,356 corpus weight
- smasher
smasher
31,355 corpus weight
- sneakily
sneakily
31,352 corpus weight
- socked
socked
31,351 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “skydiver” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skydiver |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈskaɪˌdaɪvɚ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “skydiver” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
skydiver is uncommon English at frequency #68,645 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈskaɪˌdaɪvɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who skydives.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for skydiver, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From skydive + -er or sky + diver. The correct English form is skydiver, spelled S-K-Y-D-I-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who skydives.
Etymology
From skydive + -er or sky + diver.
Antonyms
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.
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.