sportswriter

noun

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"sportswriter" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sportswriter” is uncommon English (frequency #70,287 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,287
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of sports writer (journalist who specializes in sports).

Corpus desk

Index EN-sportswriter · sportswriter · English

sportswriter · rank #70,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,287
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spivak

Nearest frequency peer: Spivak (-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 “sportswriter”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “sportswriter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sportswriter
PropertyValue
Headwordsportswriter
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#70,287
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sportswriter” in English

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Spivak” (#70,284), “spinnaker” (#70,283), “spink” (#70,282). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sportswriter” is #70,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sportswriter is uncommon English at frequency #70,287 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of sports writer (journalist who specializes in sports).".

sportswriter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sports + writer. The correct English form is sportswriter, spelled S-P-O-R-T-S-W-R-I-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of sports writer (journalist who specializes in sports).

Etymology

From sports + writer.

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 "sportswriter"?
"sportswriter" is spelled S-P-O-R-T-S-W-R-I-T-E-R.
What does "sportswriter" mean?
As a noun, "sportswriter" means: Alternative form of sports writer (journalist who specializes in sports).
What is the origin of the word "sportswriter"?
From sports + writer. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sportswriter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

substructure#70,303ungovernable#70,361vaporization#70,373reassuringly#70,196

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list