bottle green
"bottle-green" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bottle green” 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) - A dark green colour, like that of some wine bottles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bottle-green · bottle green · English
bottle green · 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 | bottle green |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bottle green” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bottle green is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A dark green colour, like that of some wine bottles.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bottle green, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 bottle green, spelled B-O-T-T-L-E- -G-R-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1A dark green colour, like that of some wine bottles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bottle green appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He stopped to look at a shop selling ladies' wear, and stared for a long time at a bottle-green suit of corduroy slacks.
Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises.
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.
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