bowline
/ˈbəʊlɪn/
"bowline" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bowline” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bowline · bowline · English
bowline · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bowline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbəʊlɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bowline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bowline is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbəʊlɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bowline, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bouline, bawelyne. The correct English form is bowline, spelled B-O-W-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
- 2A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.
Etymology
From Middle English bouline, bawelyne.
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.