submitter
"submitter" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“submitter” is uncommon English (frequency #68,666 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,666
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who submits (e.g. a paper for publication).
Corpus desk
Index EN-submitter · submitter · English
submitter · rank #68,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,666
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subtotal
Nearest frequency peer: subtotal (+2 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 “submitter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- statecraft
statecraft
31,340 corpus weight
- submitter
submitter
31,335 corpus weight
- subtotal
subtotal
31,333 corpus weight
- sugared
sugared
31,332 corpus weight
- Sugden
Sugden
31,331 corpus weight
- summoner
summoner
31,330 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “submitter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | submitter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “submitter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
submitter is uncommon English at frequency #68,666 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for submitter, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 submit + -er. The correct English form is submitter, spelled S-U-B-M-I-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who submits (e.g. a paper for publication).
- 2A person who submits to the authority of another.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how submitter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
More often than not, the person does know the “offending” parent and has been pushed to the edge. If a submitter says, “This person never usually overshares,” I’ll take that into consideration and might not run the submission. But most of the time, that’s not the case. Once a poop picture oversharer, always a poop picture oversharer.
The FCA said it warned a manager at a bank who for more than three years condoned traders asking rate submitters to rig Libor figures and submitters making submissions based on those requests.
Etymology
From submit + -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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).