stargazer
/ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/
"stargazer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stargazer” is uncommon English (frequency #68,660 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,660
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).
Corpus desk
Index EN-stargazer · stargazer · English
stargazer · rank #68,660 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,660
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH starched
Nearest frequency peer: starched (-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 “stargazer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Soraya
Soraya
31,347 corpus weight
- soupy
soupy
31,346 corpus weight
- splashy
splashy
31,344 corpus weight
- starched
starched
31,342 corpus weight
- stargazer
stargazer
31,341 corpus weight
- statecraft
statecraft
31,340 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stargazer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stargazer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,660 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stargazer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stargazer is uncommon English at frequency #68,660 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stargazer, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From star + gazer. The correct English form is stargazer, spelled S-T-A-R-G-A-Z-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).
- 2Any of family Uranoscopidae of bottom-dwelling fish.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stargazer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the starre-gazers, the monethly prognosticators stand vp, and saue thee from these things that shall come vpon thee.
[…] the four satellites of Jupiter, which, it is thought, were probably visible to certain of the more sharp-sighted stargazers of ancient Babylonia.
Etymology
From star + gazer.
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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