trendsetter
/ˈtɹɛn(d)ˌsetə/
"trendsetter" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trendsetter” is uncommon English (frequency #68,706 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,706
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who starts a trend, or makes something more popular.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trendsetter · trendsetter · English
trendsetter · rank #68,706 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,706
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tramping
Nearest frequency peer: tramping (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “trendsetter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- topically
topically
31,301 corpus weight
- Townley
Townley
31,299 corpus weight
- tramping
tramping
31,297 corpus weight
- trendsetter
trendsetter
31,295 corpus weight
- truncation
truncation
31,292 corpus weight
- tuco
tuco
31,290 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “trendsetter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trendsetter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɛn(d)ˌsetə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trendsetter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trendsetter is uncommon English at frequency #68,706 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹɛn(d)ˌsetə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who starts a trend, or makes something more popular.".
No misspelling variants are generated for trendsetter in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From trend + setter. The correct English form is trendsetter, spelled T-R-E-N-D-S-E-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who starts a trend, or makes something more popular.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trendsetter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: influencer, thought leader
"We are very optimistic. Network Rail has certainly been the trendsetter. It has been the champion of this, because it spotted the merit.
Etymology
From trend + setter.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).