zookeeper
/ˈzuːkipɚ/
"zookeeper" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zookeeper” is uncommon English (frequency #57,190 among 2,810 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,190
- frequency rank, English
- 2,810
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.
| 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) |
Where “zookeeper” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zookeeper is uncommon English at frequency #57,190 among 2,810 “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.
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Using “zookeeper”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Z-O-O-K-E-E-P-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.