coin slot

noun

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

The verdict

“coin slot” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small opening on a vending machine, arcade game machine, parking meter, etc. to accept the payment that operates the mechanism.

Corpus desk

Index EN-coin-slot · coin slot · English

coin slot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for coin slot
PropertyValue
Headwordcoin slot
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “coin slot” in English

coin slotfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

coin slot is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

coin slot doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is coin slot, spelled C-O-I-N- -S-L-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A small opening on a vending machine, arcade game machine, parking meter, etc. to accept the payment that operates the mechanism.
  2. 2
    Vagina.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sometimes when she is on the floor with her legs spread open the men sitting at the edge of the stage try to roll quarters into her "coin slot."

Synonyms

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 "coin slot"?
"coin slot" is spelled C-O-I-N- -S-L-O-T.
What does "coin slot" mean?
As a noun, "coin slot" means: A small opening on a vending machine, arcade game machine, parking meter, etc. to accept the payment that operates the mechanism.
What language does "coin slot" come from?
"coin slot" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list