yager
"yager" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yager” is uncommon English (frequency #94,458 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,458
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle
Corpus desk
Index EN-yager · yager · English
yager · rank #94,458 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,458
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,763
- PHOTO-FINISH yayo
Nearest frequency peer: yayo (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “yager”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wrightsville
Wrightsville
5,550 corpus weight
- wyre
wyre
5,549 corpus weight
- yager
yager
5,543 corpus weight
- yayo
yayo
5,542 corpus weight
- youngish
youngish
5,540 corpus weight
- yur
yur
5,537 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “yager” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yager |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yager” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
yager is uncommon English at frequency #94,458 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for yager, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Jäger. The correct English form is yager, spelled Y-A-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1A heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle
- 2A Jäger, an elite soldier of the Austrian army
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how yager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There are fourscore of them; and but that each carries a yager rifle in his hand, a knife in his belt, and a Colt's pistol on his thigh, you could not discover the slightest point of resemblance between any two of them.
Many present identify it as the yager usually carried by Clancy.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Jäger.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.