cold weapon
/kəʊld ˈwɛp(ə)n/
"cold-weapon" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cold weapon” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A weapon that does not use explosives or fire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cold weapon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəʊld ˈwɛp(ə)n/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cold weapon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for cold weapon is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kəʊld ˈwɛp(ə)n/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A weapon that does not use explosives or fire.".
cold weapon has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cold + weapon, possibly a calque of Russian холо́дное ору́жие (xolódnoje orúžije, “cold weapon”), from холо́дное (xolódnoje) (the nominative neuter form of холо́дный (xolódnyj, “cold”)) + ору́жие (orúžije, “arm, weapon; weaponry”): see the 1876 quotation. The correct English form is cold weapon, spelled C-O-L-D- -W-E-A-P-O-N.
Definition
- 1A weapon that does not use explosives or fire.
Etymology
From cold + weapon, possibly a calque of Russian холо́дное ору́жие (xolódnoje orúžije, “cold weapon”), from холо́дное (xolódnoje) (the nominative neuter form of холо́дный (xolódnyj, “cold”)) + ору́жие (orúžije, “arm, weapon; weaponry”): see the 1876 quotation.
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.
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Using “cold weapon”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-O-L-D- -W-E-A-P-O-N - 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.