stringer
/stɹɪŋə/
"stringer" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stringer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,663. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,663
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stringer · stringer · English
stringer · rank #27,663 · 13 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,663
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH streetcar
Nearest frequency peer: streetcar (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “stringer”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- strangle
strangle
72,341 corpus weight
- streamer
streamer
72,340 corpus weight
- streetcar
streetcar
72,339 corpus weight
- stringer
stringer
72,338 corpus weight
- supremely
supremely
72,335 corpus weight
- Sus
Sus
72,334 corpus weight
What this shows “stringer” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stringer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /stɹɪŋə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stringer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around stringer (IPA /stɹɪŋə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,663 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for stringer, with forms such as "srtinger", "sstringer", and "stirnger". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "strings", "syringe", "swinger", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From string + -er. The correct English form is stringer, spelled S-T-R-I-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
- 2Someone who strings someone along.
- 3A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
- 4The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
- 5A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
- 6A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
- 7A person who plays on a particular string.
- 8Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
- 9A hard-hit ball.
- 10A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
- 11A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
- 12A libertine; a wencher.
- 13A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stringer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.
A startled man looked out the office window and then rushed for the door, but the boys were too quick for him. They were lying behind a wooden stringer in the lot before he even got near the door.
Etymology
From string + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srtinger
- sstringer
- stirnger
- strigner
- strinegr
- stringerr
- stringger
- stringre
- strinnger
- strniger
- strringer
- sttringer
- tsringer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stringer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).