beltline
"beltline" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beltline” is uncommon English (frequency #74,763 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,763
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The imaginary line marking the upper end of the lower body of an automobile, running just below the bottoms of the windows
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beltline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beltline” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
beltline is uncommon English at frequency #74,763 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for beltline in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From belt + line. The correct English form is beltline, spelled B-E-L-T-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1The imaginary line marking the upper end of the lower body of an automobile, running just below the bottoms of the windows
- 2A beltway: a circular expressway around a city
Etymology
From belt + line.
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 “beltline”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-E-L-T-L-I-N-E - 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.