spader
/ˈspeɪdɚ/
"spader" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spader” is uncommon English (frequency #76,357 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,357
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
| 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) |
Where “spader” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spader is uncommon English at frequency #76,357 among 54,294 “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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Using “spader”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-P-A-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.