swindler
/ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/
"swindler" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“swindler” is uncommon English (frequency #61,844 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,844
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
Corpus desk
Index EN-swindler · swindler · English
swindler · rank #61,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,844
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH swinney
Nearest frequency peer: swinney (+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 “swindler”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- subcategory
subcategory
38,162 corpus weight
- sulphide
sulphide
38,160 corpus weight
- swindler
swindler
38,157 corpus weight
- swinney
swinney
38,156 corpus weight
- swole
swole
38,155 corpus weight
- syrupy
syrupy
38,152 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “swindler” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | swindler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “swindler” in English
Rare enough to double-check
swindler is uncommon English at frequency #61,844 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.".
No misspelling variants are generated for swindler in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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: Borrowed from German Schwindler, 1774. The correct English form is swindler, spelled S-W-I-N-D-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how swindler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But I got somethin’ to say bearin’ on that swindler who got what was comin’ to him.
There’s good reason to worry. In an earlier memoir, “Five-Finger Discount,” Stapinski recreated the terrifying world of swindlers, embezzlers, burglars and mobster wannabes who made up her extended Jersey City family.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schwindler, 1774.
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); 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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