combine harvester
/ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/
"combine-harvester" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“combine harvester” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | combine harvester |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “combine harvester” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
combine harvester is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.".
No misspelling variants are generated for combine harvester in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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: So called because it is a single harvester that manages to combine several machines into one, doing several jobs: a reaper component doing the reaping, a thresher component doing the threshing, and a winnower component doing the winnowing. The correct English form is combine harvester, spelled C-O-M-B-I-N-E- -H-A-R-V-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.
Etymology
So called because it is a single harvester that manages to combine several machines into one, doing several jobs: a reaper component doing the reaping, a thresher component doing the threshing, and a winnower component doing the winnowing.
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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- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-B-I-N-E- -H-A-R-V-E-S-T-E-R - 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.