coin slot
"coin-slot" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coin slot” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small opening on a vending machine, arcade game machine, parking meter, etc. to accept the payment that operates the mechanism.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coin slot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coin slot” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for coin slot is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1A small opening on a vending machine, arcade game machine, parking meter, etc. to accept the payment that operates the mechanism.
- 2Vagina.
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.
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Using “coin slot”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-O-I-N- -S-L-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.