troubleshooter
/ˈtɹʌb(ə)lˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/
"troubleshooter" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“troubleshooter” is uncommon English (frequency #93,261 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,261
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person skilled at locating the causes of problems and rectifying them.
Corpus desk
Index EN-troubleshooter · troubleshooter · English
troubleshooter · rank #93,261 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,261
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trounce
Nearest frequency peer: trounce (+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 “troubleshooter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tremulous
tremulous
6,745 corpus weight
- Trentham
Trentham
6,743 corpus weight
- Trianon
Trianon
6,742 corpus weight
- troubleshoo…
troubleshooter
6,740 corpus weight
- trounce
trounce
6,739 corpus weight
- tubeless
tubeless
6,737 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “troubleshooter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | troubleshooter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #93,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “troubleshooter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
troubleshooter is uncommon English at frequency #93,261 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for troubleshooter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From trouble + shooter, circa 1905. Whence troubleshoot (verb), shoot trouble (verb), and troubleshooting (noun) as back-formations. The correct English form is troubleshooter, spelled T-R-O-U-B-L-E-S-H-O-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person skilled at locating the causes of problems and rectifying them.
- 2A software program or routine that attempts to diagnose a problem with the system.
Etymology
From trouble + shooter, circa 1905. Whence troubleshoot (verb), shoot trouble (verb), and troubleshooting (noun) as back-formations.
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 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).