spiller

noun

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"spiller" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“spiller” is uncommon English (frequency #51,407 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,407
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who spills.

Key facts for spiller
PropertyValue
Headwordspiller
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,407
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “spiller” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). spiller lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spiller is uncommon English at frequency #51,407 among 54,294 “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

  1. 1
    One who spills.
  2. 2
    A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water.
  3. 3
    A 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spiller"?
"spiller" is spelled S-P-I-L-L-E-R.
What does "spiller" mean?
As a noun, "spiller" means: One who spills.
What is the origin of the word "spiller"?
From Middle English spiller, from spill + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “spiller”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-P-I-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list