bathing-suit
"bathing-suit" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bathing-suit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dated form of bathing suit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bathing-suit · bathing-suit · English
bathing-suit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bathing-suit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bathing-suit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bathing-suit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dated form of bathing suit.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bathing-suit in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is bathing-suit, spelled B-A-T-H-I-N-G---S-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Dated form of bathing suit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bathing-suit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
THE undersigned would announce to his friends and the public that the above popular BAYSIDE RESORT is now open to visitors. MUSIC in constant attendance; BATHING-SUITS on hand; and ample arrangements made for the comfortable and healthful entertainment of guests.
We stood there, for quite a while, admiring the sight before us, and had it not been for the ludicrous figures and appearances of some ladies and gentlemen in their queer bathing-suits, thrown like a shell hither and thither by the powerful waves, we would have fallen into a profound reverie.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.