worrier
"worrier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“worrier” is uncommon English (frequency #78,285 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,285
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.
Corpus desk
Index EN-worrier · worrier · English
worrier · rank #78,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,285
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH woofer
Nearest frequency peer: woofer (-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 “worrier”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- whiner
whiner
21,727 corpus weight
- whitespace
whitespace
21,726 corpus weight
- withal
withal
21,720 corpus weight
- woofer
woofer
21,717 corpus weight
- worrier
worrier
21,716 corpus weight
- Yoichi
Yoichi
21,702 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “worrier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | worrier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “worrier” in English
Rare enough to double-check
worrier is uncommon English at frequency #78,285 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for worrier in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From worry + -er. The correct English form is worrier, spelled W-O-R-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.
- 2A person who causes worry in others.
- 3An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how worrier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You are such a worrier! I'm sure everything will turn out all right.
The person owning a dog which had destroyed sheep could be made to pay for the damage; but the Court should also have an undoubted power to order incurable sheep-worriers to be destroyed.
Etymology
From worry + -er.
Synonyms
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).