stealer
/ˈstiːlə/
"stealer" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stealer” is uncommon English (frequency #52,021 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,021
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who steals; a thief.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stealer · stealer · English
stealer · rank #52,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,021
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Stanislaus
Nearest frequency peer: Stanislaus (-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 “stealer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- spurring
spurring
47,984 corpus weight
- Stanislaus
Stanislaus
47,981 corpus weight
- stealer
stealer
47,980 corpus weight
- Strabo
Strabo
47,979 corpus weight
- stringy
stringy
47,978 corpus weight
- struct
struct
47,977 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stealer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stealer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstiːlə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stealer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stealer is uncommon English at frequency #52,021 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstiːlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stealer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English stelere, equivalent to steal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Steler (“thief”), West Frisian steller, stelder (“stealer”), Dutch steler (“stealer, thief”), Danish stjæler (“stealer”). The correct English form is stealer, spelled S-T-E-A-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who steals; a thief.
- 2The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
- 3Clipping of infostealer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stealer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a child-stealer
a chicken-stealer
Etymology
From Middle English stelere, equivalent to steal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Steler (“thief”), West Frisian steller, stelder (“stealer”), Dutch steler (“stealer, thief”), Danish stjæler (“stealer”).
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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