spader
/ˈspeɪdɚ/
"spader" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spader” is uncommon English (frequency #76,357 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,357
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spader · spader · English
spader · rank #76,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,357
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Spitsbergen
Nearest frequency peer: Spitsbergen (+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 “spader”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Socceroos
Socceroos
23,650 corpus weight
- spader
spader
23,644 corpus weight
- Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen
23,643 corpus weight
- Staci
Staci
23,640 corpus weight
- stepchild
stepchild
23,639 corpus weight
- stodgy
stodgy
23,638 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “spader” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spader |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspeɪdɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spader” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spader is uncommon English at frequency #76,357 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈspeɪdɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.".
spader doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From spade + -er. The correct English form is spader, spelled S-P-A-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
Etymology
From spade + -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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).