timekeeper
"timekeeper" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“timekeeper” is uncommon English (frequency #69,515 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,515
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A device that shows the time; a timepiece.
Corpus desk
Index EN-timekeeper · timekeeper · English
timekeeper · rank #69,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,515
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tiberias
Nearest frequency peer: Tiberias (-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 “timekeeper”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- throwdown
throwdown
30,489 corpus weight
- thumbed
thumbed
30,488 corpus weight
- Tiberias
Tiberias
30,487 corpus weight
- timekeeper
timekeeper
30,486 corpus weight
- Tiverton
Tiverton
30,484 corpus weight
- tizzy
tizzy
30,483 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “timekeeper” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timekeeper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “timekeeper” in English
Rare enough to double-check
timekeeper is uncommon English at frequency #69,515 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for timekeeper, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From time + keeper. The correct English form is timekeeper, spelled T-I-M-E-K-E-E-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A device that shows the time; a timepiece.
- 2A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
- 3A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
- 4The group member who controls the rhythm of the music when a group of musicians play together.
- 5A person (or something controlled by a person) that is punctual.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how timekeeper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The sailors sail by chronometers that do not lose two or three seconds in a year, ever since [Isaac] Newton explained to Parliament that the way to improve navigation was to get good watches, and to offer public premiums for a better time-keeper than any then in use.
There was no consensus among jazz musicians about who was the primary timekeeper in a jazz band; some said the drummers and others said the bassist.
Etymology
From time + keeper.
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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