tedder
"tedder" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tedder” is uncommon English (frequency #71,152 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,152
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to speed up its drying.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tedder · tedder · English
tedder · rank #71,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,152
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH taxiway
Nearest frequency peer: taxiway (-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 “tedder”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tante
tante
28,853 corpus weight
- Tatler
Tatler
28,851 corpus weight
- taxiway
taxiway
28,850 corpus weight
- tedder
tedder
28,849 corpus weight
- teepee
teepee
28,848 corpus weight
- Tetsuo
Tetsuo
28,845 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tedder” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tedder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tedder” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tedder is uncommon English at frequency #71,152 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to speed up its drying.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tedder, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English teddere; equivalent to ted + -er. The correct English form is tedder, spelled T-E-D-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to speed up its drying.
Etymology
From Middle English teddere; equivalent to ted + -er.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).