stitcher
"stitcher" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stitcher” is uncommon English (frequency #77,237 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,237
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who stitches.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stitcher · stitcher · English
stitcher · rank #77,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,237
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Stirlingshire
Nearest frequency peer: Stirlingshire (-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 “stitcher”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stander
stander
22,769 corpus weight
- Stirlingshi…
Stirlingshire
22,765 corpus weight
- stitcher
stitcher
22,764 corpus weight
- stoopid
stoopid
22,763 corpus weight
- stormer
stormer
22,761 corpus weight
- strayer
strayer
22,759 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stitcher” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stitcher |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stitcher” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stitcher is uncommon English at frequency #77,237 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who stitches.".
No misspelling variants are generated for stitcher in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stitch + -er. The correct English form is stitcher, spelled S-T-I-T-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who stitches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stitcher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The hundreds of embroiderers and stitchers hunched over clattering sewing machines at the New Era Cap factory could be forgiven for thinking these are good times.
Etymology
From stitch + -er.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).