trespasser
"trespasser" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trespasser” is uncommon English (frequency #59,086 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,086
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who trespasses; an interloper.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trespasser · trespasser · English
trespasser · rank #59,086 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,086
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tremblay
Nearest frequency peer: Tremblay (-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 “trespasser”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Torrington
Torrington
40,921 corpus weight
- tradable
tradable
40,919 corpus weight
- transportab…
transportable
40,918 corpus weight
- Tremblay
Tremblay
40,916 corpus weight
- trespasser
trespasser
40,915 corpus weight
- truism
truism
40,914 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “trespasser” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trespasser |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trespasser” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trespasser is uncommon English at frequency #59,086 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who trespasses; an interloper.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for trespasser in our index, 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 trespass + -er. The correct English form is trespasser, spelled T-R-E-S-P-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who trespasses; an interloper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trespasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases.
The human is a land animal, not an aquatic one, and he is therefore a trespasser in the water.
Etymology
From trespass + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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