vacationer

/vəˈkeɪ.ʃən.ə(ɹ)/

//vəˈkeɪ.ʃən.ə(ɹ)// noun

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"vacationer" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vacationer” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who is on vacation

Corpus desk

Index EN-vacationer · vacationer · English

vacationer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" 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.

Key facts for vacationer
PropertyValue
Headwordvacationer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vəˈkeɪ.ʃən.ə(ɹ)/
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “vacationer” in English

vacationerranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vacationer is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən.ə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who is on vacation".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vacationer, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From vacation + -er. The correct English form is vacationer, spelled V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who is on vacation

Etymology

From vacation + -er.

Synonyms

holidayerholidaymakerholiday-maker

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vacationer"?
"vacationer" is spelled V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən.ə(ɹ)/.
What does "vacationer" mean?
As a noun, "vacationer" means: Someone who is on vacation
How do you pronounce "vacationer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vacationer" is /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən.ə(ɹ)/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "vacationer"?
From vacation + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list