spiller
"spiller" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spiller” is uncommon English (frequency #51,407 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,407
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who spills.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spiller · spiller · English
spiller · rank #51,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,407
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sorenson
Nearest frequency peer: Sorenson (-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 “spiller”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- smallish
smallish
48,601 corpus weight
- snobbery
snobbery
48,598 corpus weight
- Sorenson
Sorenson
48,597 corpus weight
- spiller
spiller
48,594 corpus weight
- srsly
srsly
48,591 corpus weight
- stapler
stapler
48,587 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “spiller” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spiller |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spiller” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spiller is uncommon English at frequency #51,407 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for spiller in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 Middle English spiller, from spill + -er. The correct English form is spiller, spelled S-P-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who spills.
- 2A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water.
- 3A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat.
Etymology
From Middle English spiller, from spill + -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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).