spymaster

noun

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"spymaster" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“spymaster” is uncommon English (frequency #81,850 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,850
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The leader of a group of spies.

Corpus desk

Index EN-spymaster · spymaster · English

spymaster · rank #81,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,850
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH spork

Nearest frequency peer: spork (-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 “spymaster”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spymaster
PropertyValue
Headwordspymaster
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,850
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “spymaster” 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).spymasterfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “spork” (#81,849), “stablemate” (#81,852), “Stackpole” (#81,853). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “spymaster” is #81,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spymaster is uncommon English at frequency #81,850 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The leader of a group of spies.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spymaster, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From spy + master. The correct English form is spymaster, spelled S-P-Y-M-A-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    The leader of a group of spies.

Etymology

From spy + master.

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 "spymaster"?
"spymaster" is spelled S-P-Y-M-A-S-T-E-R.
What does "spymaster" mean?
As a noun, "spymaster" means: The leader of a group of spies.
What is the origin of the word "spymaster"?
From spy + master. 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 "spymaster", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stackpole#81,853speedball#81,843stoically#81,860symbolist#81,886

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list