supplier
/səˈplaɪə/
"supplier" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“supplier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,106
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who supplies; a provider.
Corpus desk
Index EN-supplier · supplier · English
supplier · rank #9,106 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,106
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stripped
Nearest frequency peer: stripped (-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 “supplier”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- spill
spill
90,898 corpus weight
- steadily
steadily
90,897 corpus weight
- stripped
stripped
90,896 corpus weight
- supplier
supplier
90,895 corpus weight
- swamp
swamp
90,894 corpus weight
- swan
swan
90,893 corpus weight
What this shows “supplier” 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 | supplier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /səˈplaɪə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “supplier”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around supplier (IPA /səˈplaɪə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,106 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for supplier, with forms such as "spuplier", "ssupplier", and "suplier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "supplies", "supper", "supple", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From supply + -er. The correct English form is supplier, spelled S-U-P-P-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who supplies; a provider.
- 2Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how supplier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.
Etymology
From supply + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuplier
- ssupplier
- suplier
- suplpier
- suppiler
- suppleir
- supplierr
- supplire
- suppllier
- uspplier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of supplier - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "supplier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).