tackler
"tackler" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tackler” is uncommon English (frequency #64,049 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,049
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A player who tackles another.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tackler · tackler · English
tackler · rank #64,049 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,049
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Szabo
Nearest frequency peer: Szabo (-3 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 “tackler”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- syllabic
syllabic
35,957 corpus weight
- Syme
Syme
35,956 corpus weight
- Szabo
Szabo
35,955 corpus weight
- tackler
tackler
35,952 corpus weight
- tattle
tattle
35,949 corpus weight
- teahouse
teahouse
35,948 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tackler” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tackler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tackler” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tackler is uncommon English at frequency #64,049 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tackler has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tackle + -er. The correct English form is tackler, spelled T-A-C-K-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A player who tackles another.
- 2A person who repairs weaving looms.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tackler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. "If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body."
The ball carrier can be with or without a football. For the “Head-On” tackle have the “Ball Carrier” stand right in front of the pit and face the tackler.
Etymology
From tackle + -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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).