boiler suit
"boiler-suit" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“boiler 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-boiler-suit · boiler suit · English
boiler suit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | boiler suit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “boiler suit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
boiler suit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for boiler suit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From boiler + suit. The correct English form is boiler suit, spelled B-O-I-L-E-R- -S-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boiler suit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Where Babcock has proprietary technologies, they will be preserved and developed, in so far as they help to give the company an edge over its rivals. But make no mistake, if Parker and Salmon have their way, boiler suits are the workwear of yesteryear at Babcock. Graduates, not grease-monkeys, are the typical employees of the future.
The boiler suit was the kind with stud-fasteners rather than a zip.
Etymology
From boiler + suit.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.