sounder
/ˈsaʊndɚ/
"sounder" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sounder” is uncommon English (frequency #55,754 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,754
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of sound: more sound
Corpus desk
Index EN-sounder · sounder · English
sounder · rank #55,754 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,754
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH soph
Nearest frequency peer: soph (-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 “sounder”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- softcore
softcore
44,252 corpus weight
- soiree
soiree
44,251 corpus weight
- soph
soph
44,248 corpus weight
- sounder
sounder
44,247 corpus weight
- spaceman
spaceman
44,246 corpus weight
- spearman
spearman
44,244 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sounder” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sounder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsaʊndɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sounder” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sounder is uncommon English at frequency #55,754 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsaʊndɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "comparative form of sound: more sound".
No misspelling variants are generated for sounder in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English *soundere, from Old English ġesundra, from Proto-Germanic *sundizô, equivalent to sound + -er (comparative suffix). The correct English form is sounder, spelled S-O-U-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of sound: more sound
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sounder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Northern Division Traffic Manager has said that there is no present intention of terminating the service, but the hopes previously entertained of expanding it cannot be entertained until it is operating on a sounder economic basis.
Etymology
From Middle English *soundere, from Old English ġesundra, from Proto-Germanic *sundizô, equivalent to sound + -er (comparative suffix).
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.
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