street sweeper
/ˈstɹit ˌswipɚ/
"street-sweeper" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“street sweeper” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who is employed to sweep streets, pavements, and gutters, keeping them clear of litter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | street sweeper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɹit ˌswipɚ/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “street sweeper” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
street sweeper is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstɹit ˌswipɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for street sweeper in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is street sweeper, spelled S-T-R-E-E-T- -S-W-E-E-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who is employed to sweep streets, pavements, and gutters, keeping them clear of litter.
- 2A machine used to sweep streets.
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.
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Using “street sweeper”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-E-E-T- -S-W-E-E-P-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈstɹit ˌswipɚ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.