sojourner

/ˈsɒd͡ʒənə/

//ˈsɒd͡ʒənə// noun

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

The verdict

“sojourner” is uncommon English (frequency #67,058 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,058
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who resides temporarily in a place.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sojourner · sojourner · English

sojourner · rank #67,058 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,058
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH softwood

Nearest frequency peer: softwood (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “sojourner”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sojourner
PropertyValue
Headwordsojourner
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɒd͡ʒənə/
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,058
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sojourner” 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).sojournerfalls 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: “softwood” (#67,057), “Solas” (#67,059), “sockeye” (#67,055). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sojourner” is #67,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sojourner is uncommon English at frequency #67,058 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɒd͡ʒənə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who resides temporarily in a place.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sojourner, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sojourn + -er. The correct English form is sojourner, spelled S-O-J-O-U-R-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who resides temporarily in a place.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again.

Etymology

From sojourn + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sojourner"?
"sojourner" is spelled S-O-J-O-U-R-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɒd͡ʒənə/.
What does "sojourner" mean?
As a noun, "sojourner" means: A person who resides temporarily in a place.
How do you pronounce "sojourner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sojourner" is /ˈsɒd͡ʒənə/. 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 "sojourner"?
From sojourn + -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 "sojourner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sleuthing#67,052steroidal#67,076Stornoway#67,077Strafford#67,078

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list