sympathizer

noun

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"sympathizer" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sympathizer” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,946
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sympathizer · sympathizer · English

sympathizer · rank #47,946 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,946
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH synchro

Nearest frequency peer: synchro (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sympathizer”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “sympathizer” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sympathizer vs sympathies
82% similar
sympathizer vs sympathize
91% similar
sympathizer vs sympathise
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sympathizer
PropertyValue
Headwordsympathizer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#47,946
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sympathizer”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).sympathizerlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “synchro” (#47,948), “superposition” (#47,943), “tachycardia” (#47,949). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sympathizer” is #47,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around sympathizer, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,946 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for sympathizer, with forms such as "smypathizer", "ssympathizer", and "symapthizer". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sympathies", "sympathize", "sympathise", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sympathize + -er. The correct English form is sympathizer, spelled S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-Z-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.
  2. 2
    A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. His reputation was ruined when it was revealed that he had been a Nazi sympathizer before the war.
  2. […] she exposed herself to the fury of the sympathizers with slavery, without fear, and suffered their blows without flinching.

Etymology

From sympathize + -er.

This word in other languages

simpatizante(Español)sympathisant(Français)Sympathisant(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smypathizer
  • ssympathizer
  • symapthizer
  • symmpathizer
  • sympahtizer
  • sympathhizer
  • sympathiezr
  • sympathizerr
  • sympathizre
  • sympathizzer
  • sympathzier
  • sympatihzer
  • sympatthizer
  • symppathizer
  • symptahizer
  • sypmathizer
  • syympathizer
  • ysmpathizer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sympathizer - 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.

smypathizer2ssympathizer1symapthizer2symmpathizer1sympahtizer2sympathhizer1sympathiezr2sympathizerr1
Edit distance from "sympathizer"

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 "sympathizer"?
"sympathizer" is spelled S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-Z-E-R.
What does "sympathizer" mean?
As a noun, "sympathizer" means: A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.
What words are commonly confused with "sympathizer"?
"sympathizer" is commonly confused with "sympathies", "sympathize", "sympathise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "sympathizer"?
From sympathize + -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 "sympathizer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tachycardia#47,949transphobia#47,973smokescreen#47,913unflinching#47,987

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

steeplechase18 variantstruthfulness18 variantstyrannosaurus18 variantsvideographer18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list