worshipper
"worshipper" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“worshipper” is uncommon English (frequency #56,542 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,542
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.
Corpus desk
Index EN-worshipper · worshipper · English
worshipper · rank #56,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,542
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Woodall
Nearest frequency peer: Woodall (-2 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 “worshipper”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- whereof
whereof
43,467 corpus weight
- whirring
whirring
43,466 corpus weight
- windings
windings
43,465 corpus weight
- Woodall
Woodall
43,461 corpus weight
- worshipper
worshipper
43,459 corpus weight
- Yosef
Yosef
43,454 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “worshipper” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | worshipper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “worshipper” in English
Rare enough to double-check
worshipper is uncommon English at frequency #56,542 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.".
No misspelling variants are generated for worshipper in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English wirshiper, worchyppar, worscheper, worschepour, worschiper, worschippar, worshipore; equivalent to worship + -er. The correct English form is worshipper, spelled W-O-R-S-H-I-P-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how worshipper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The temple was filled with worshippers.
Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers, even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wirshiper, worchyppar, worscheper, worschepour, worschiper, worschippar, worshipore; equivalent to worship + -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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