smoker

/ˈsmoʊkɚ/

//ˈsmoʊkɚ// noun

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"smoker" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“smoker” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,960. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,960
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who smokes tobacco habitually.

Corpus desk

Index EN-smoker · smoker · English

smoker · rank #17,960 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,960
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH slippers

Nearest frequency peer: slippers (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “smoker”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “smoker” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

smoker vs spoke
67% similar
smoker vs sober
67% similar
smoker vs stoke
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for smoker
PropertyValue
Headwordsmoker
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsmoʊkɚ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,960
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “smoker”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).smokerlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “slippers” (#17,959), “Soho” (#17,961), “sizable” (#17,958). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “smoker” is #17,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around smoker (IPA /ˈsmoʊkɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,960 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for smoker, with forms such as "msoker", "smkoer", and "smmoker". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "spoke", "sober", "stoke", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From smoke + -er. The correct English form is smoker, spelled S-M-O-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
  2. 2
    A smoking car on a train.
  3. 3
    An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.
  4. 4
    A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
  5. 5
    A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
  6. 6
    An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
  7. 7
    A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
  8. 8
    A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
  9. 9
    A two-stroke engine.
  10. 10
    Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
  11. 11
    A fastball.
  12. 12
    Synonym of stag film.
  13. 13
    A tobacco pipe that produces smoke well when used.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how smoker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Even though I don't smoke, I'm not one of those fanatics you run into. In fact, I love watching cigarette smokers in their sad little sealed-off areas, sucking away, deep lines in their faces, precancerous lesions taking hold, the posture and body language of petty criminals. You know what you do with these people? Give 'em free cigarettes. Let 'em smoke.…
  2. We had all got into a first-class smoker, and he had already lit the short and charred old briar pipe which seemed to singe the end of his long, aggressive nose.

Etymology

From smoke + -er.

Antonyms

non-smoker

This word in other languages

fumador(Español)fumeur(Français)Raucher(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • msoker
  • smkoer
  • smmoker
  • smoekr
  • smokerr
  • smokker
  • smokre
  • somker
  • ssmoker

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of smoker - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

msoker2smkoer2smmoker1smoekr2smokerr1smokker1smokre2somker2
Edit distance from "smoker"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "smoker"?
"smoker" is spelled S-M-O-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsmoʊkɚ/.
What does "smoker" mean?
As a noun, "smoker" means: A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
What words are commonly confused with "smoker"?
"smoker" is commonly confused with "spoke", "sober", "stoke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "smoker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "smoker" is /ˈsmoʊkɚ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "smoker"?
From smoke + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "smoker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rustic#17,945tiring#17,978retard#17,936umpire#17,984

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

surpass9 variantstagging9 variantsRollins9 variantsreunite9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list