word processor
/wɜːd ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)/
"word-processor" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“word processor” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A device similar to a simple computer, designed for word processing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-word-processor · word processor · English
word processor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | word processor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /wɜːd ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “word processor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
word processor is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /wɜːd ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for word processor, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is word processor, spelled W-O-R-D- -P-R-O-C-E-S-S-O-R.
Definition
- 1A device similar to a simple computer, designed for word processing.
- 2Software that provides word processing functions on a computer, typically including typeface selection, line justification and other formatting, pagination, and numerous other features.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how word processor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Actually that first story, and all of the succeeding ones, were written by archy — a cockroach with such a need for self-expression that he hoisted himself onto the typewriter keys every night and dove headfirst onto key after key, to pound out his stories. (That is why all of the poems are lower case — he might have better luck these days with a word pro…
A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.