zookeeper
/ˈzuːkipɚ/
"zookeeper" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zookeeper” is uncommon English (frequency #57,190 among 265 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,190
- frequency rank, English
- 265
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zookeeper · zookeeper · English
zookeeper · rank #57,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,190
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 265
- PHOTO-FINISH Zoltan
Nearest frequency peer: Zoltan (-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 “zookeeper”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Xiamen
Xiamen
42,818 corpus weight
- Yamazaki
Yamazaki
42,817 corpus weight
- Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta
42,816 corpus weight
- Zoltan
Zoltan
42,812 corpus weight
- zookeeper
zookeeper
42,811 corpus weight
- abbots
abbots
42,806 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “zookeeper” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zookeeper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈzuːkipɚ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “zookeeper” in English
Rare enough to double-check
zookeeper is uncommon English at frequency #57,190 among 265 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈzuːkipɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zookeeper, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From zoo + keeper. The correct English form is zookeeper, spelled Z-O-O-K-E-E-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.
Etymology
From zoo + keeper.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "zookeeper"?
What does "zookeeper" mean?
How do you pronounce "zookeeper"?
What is the origin of the word "zookeeper"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zookeeper", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).