coffee grounds
"coffee-grounds" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coffee grounds” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The sediment that remains after ground coffee beans have been extracted with hot water.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coffee-grounds · coffee grounds · English
coffee grounds · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | coffee grounds |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “coffee grounds” in English
Rare enough to double-check
coffee grounds is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
coffee grounds has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From coffee + grounds. Compare German Kaffeegrund (“coffee grounds”). The correct English form is coffee grounds, spelled C-O-F-F-E-E- -G-R-O-U-N-D-S.
Definition
- 1The sediment that remains after ground coffee beans have been extracted with hot water.
- 2Synonym of coffee ground vomitus.
Etymology
From coffee + grounds. Compare German Kaffeegrund (“coffee grounds”).
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.