soaker

noun

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

The verdict

“soaker” is uncommon English (frequency #77,214 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,214
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who, or that which, soaks.

Corpus desk

Index EN-soaker · soaker · English

soaker · rank #77,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,214
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH solidification

Nearest frequency peer: solidification (+3 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 “soaker”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “soaker” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for soaker
PropertyValue
Headwordsoaker
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,214
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “soaker” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).soakerfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “solidification” (#77,217), “smallness” (#77,210), “somatosensory” (#77,218). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “soaker” is #77,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soaker is uncommon English at frequency #77,214 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

soaker has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From soak + -er. The correct English form is soaker, spelled S-O-A-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who, or that which, soaks.
  2. 2
    A person suffering from alcoholism.
  3. 3
    A kind of knitted woollen diaper.
  4. 4
    A kind of perforated hose used to distribute drips of water to a number of plants.
  5. 5
    The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
  6. 6
    A mixture of grains softened in water which is added to bread dough.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The stack of folded diapers on the shelf above it was diminishing rapidly. Time to wash diapers, baby soakers, and gowns. She heard the men prepare to leave as she pulled the woolen knit soakers back up.

Etymology

From soak + -er.

Synonyms

alcoholicsousesuck-pint

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 "soaker"?
"soaker" is spelled S-O-A-K-E-R.
What does "soaker" mean?
As a noun, "soaker" means: One who, or that which, soaks.
What is the origin of the word "soaker"?
From soak + -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 "soaker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

slants#77,203stably#77,229seethe#77,187Thirsk#77,271

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list