built like a tank
"built-like-a-tank" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“built like a tank” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Broad-shouldered and of solid, muscular build.
Corpus desk
Index EN-built-like-a-tank · built like a tank · English
built like a tank · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | built like a tank |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “built like a tank” in English
Rare enough to double-check
built like a tank is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for built like a tank in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is built like a tank, spelled B-U-I-L-T- -L-I-K-E- -A- -T-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1Broad-shouldered and of solid, muscular build.
- 2Sturdy; exceptionally well constructed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how built like a tank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Standing 6'8" and built like a tank, Adam was not a man to be messed with.
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.