wagoner
"wagoner" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wagoner” is uncommon English (frequency #59,115 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,115
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who drives a wagon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wagoner · wagoner · English
wagoner · rank #59,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,115
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH wafting
Nearest frequency peer: wafting (-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 “wagoner”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- voyeurism
voyeurism
40,890 corpus weight
- Vulgate
Vulgate
40,889 corpus weight
- wafting
wafting
40,887 corpus weight
- wagoner
wagoner
40,886 corpus weight
- wan't
wan't
40,884 corpus weight
- wargaming
wargaming
40,883 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “wagoner” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wagoner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wagoner” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wagoner is uncommon English at frequency #59,115 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for wagoner in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wagon + -er. The correct English form is wagoner, spelled W-A-G-O-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who drives a wagon.
- 2Someone who drives a wagon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wagoner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: wagonman, wainman, wagonmaster, carter, cartman
Now give me some surance that thou art Revenge, Stab them, or tear them on thy chariot-wheels; And then I’ll come and be thy waggoner, And whirl along with thee about the globe.
Etymology
From wagon + -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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).