slanderer

noun

"slanderer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“slanderer” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.

Corpus desk

Index EN-slanderer · slanderer · English

slanderer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for slanderer
PropertyValue
Headwordslanderer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “slanderer” in English

slanderersits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

slanderer is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for slanderer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From slander + -er. The correct English form is slanderer, spelled S-L-A-N-D-E-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.

Etymology

From slander + -er.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "slanderer"?
"slanderer" is spelled S-L-A-N-D-E-R-E-R.
What does "slanderer" mean?
As a noun, "slanderer" means: One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.
What is the origin of the word "slanderer"?
From slander + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list