breadbox
/ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/
"breadbox" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“breadbox” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a container for storing bread or other baked goods to keep them fresh
Corpus desk
Index EN-breadbox · breadbox · English
breadbox · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | breadbox |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “breadbox” in English
Rare enough to double-check
breadbox is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a container for storing bread or other baked goods to keep them fresh".
No misspelling variants are generated for breadbox in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bread + box. The correct English form is breadbox, spelled B-R-E-A-D-B-O-X.
Definition
- 1a container for storing bread or other baked goods to keep them fresh
Etymology
From bread + box.
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.