stationmaster
/ˈsteɪʃənˈmɑːstə/
"stationmaster" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stationmaster” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a sta...
Corpus desk
Index EN-stationmaster · stationmaster · English
stationmaster · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stationmaster |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsteɪʃənˈmɑːstə/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stationmaster” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stationmaster is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsteɪʃənˈmɑːstə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a sta...".
stationmaster has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From station + master. The correct English form is stationmaster, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N-M-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stationmaster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The glare, the flies, while they waited, and he and the stationmaster put their heads together over the time-table, trying to find this other train, which, of course, they wouldn't catch.
A letter from the Stationmaster was issued to all the staff, thanking them for "sticking it out" through one of the most difficult periods ever experienced at Redhill. None of them will easily forget Christmas, 1957.
Etymology
From station + master.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.