treacher
/ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹ/
"treacher" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“treacher” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A traitor or deceiver.
Corpus desk
Index EN-treacher · treacher · English
treacher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | treacher |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “treacher” in English
Rare enough to double-check
treacher is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A traitor or deceiver.".
No misspelling variants are generated for treacher in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English trecher, from Old French trecheor (modern tricheur), from trechier, tricher (“to cheat, trick”). Compare English trick. The correct English form is treacher, spelled T-R-E-A-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1A traitor or deceiver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how treacher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Fruits and treachers,” he said. “Nothin' in there but treachers and fruits. I see 'em goin' in and out all day, in their tammyshanters and their fur-covered shoes. Fruits and treachers, the place is full of 'em.”
Etymology
From Middle English trecher, from Old French trecheor (modern tricheur), from trechier, tricher (“to cheat, trick”). Compare English trick.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.