summoner

noun

"summoner" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“summoner” is uncommon English (frequency #68,671 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,671
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.

Corpus desk

Index EN-summoner · summoner · English

summoner · rank #68,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,671
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sugden

Nearest frequency peer: Sugden (-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 “summoner”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “summoner” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for summoner
PropertyValue
Headwordsummoner
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,671
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “summoner” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).summonerfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Sugden” (#68,670), “sugared” (#68,669), “suntan” (#68,673). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “summoner” is #68,671. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

summoner is uncommon English at frequency #68,671 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for summoner 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From summon + -er. The correct English form is summoner, spelled S-U-M-M-O-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.
  2. 2
    An apparitor; an officer of an ecclesiastical court whose job it was to deliver a summons to an offending member of the diocese.
  3. 3
    A small bell for summoning an employee to provide service.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how summoner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And as they change, they set into bright relief not only outmoded honorifics and hunting horns, but silver summoners and mother-of-pearl opera glasses and all manner of carefully crafted things that have outlived their usefulness.

Etymology

From summon + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "summoner"?
"summoner" is spelled S-U-M-M-O-N-E-R.
What does "summoner" mean?
As a noun, "summoner" means: One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.
What is the origin of the word "summoner"?
From summon + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "summoner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list