cakehole

/keɪkhoʊl/

//keɪkhoʊl// noun

"cakehole" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cakehole” 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) - The mouth.

Corpus desk

Index EN-cakehole · cakehole · English

cakehole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for cakehole
PropertyValue
Headwordcakehole
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/keɪkhoʊl/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cakehole” in English

cakeholesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cakehole is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /keɪkhoʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The mouth.".

No misspelling variants are generated for cakehole in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From cake + hole. The correct English form is cakehole, spelled C-A-K-E-H-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The mouth.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cakehole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Shut your cakehole! We've heard enough!
  2. He shoved another sandwich down his cakehole.

Etymology

From cake + hole.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cakehole"?
"cakehole" is spelled C-A-K-E-H-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is /keɪkhoʊl/.
What does "cakehole" mean?
As a noun, "cakehole" means: The mouth.
How do you pronounce "cakehole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cakehole" is /keɪkhoʊl/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "cakehole"?
From cake + hole. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list