crinoline
/ˈkɹɪnəlɪn/
"crinoline" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crinoline” 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 stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crinoline · crinoline · English
crinoline · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | crinoline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɪnəlɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crinoline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crinoline is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹɪnəlɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for crinoline in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French crinoline. The correct English form is crinoline, spelled C-R-I-N-O-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair.
- 2A stiff petticoat made from this fabric.
- 3A skirt stiffened with hoops.
- 4Any of the hoops making up the framework used to support cladding over a boiler.
- 5Netting placed around ships to guard against torpedoes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crinoline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
These standards have not just been oppressive but deadly. In the nineteenth century, stiff crinoline petticoats puffed out skirts so far that the cheap materials often brushed against open flames and caught fire. This arbitrary convention of dress caused three thousand women to be burned alive.
The various articles of a lady's apparel—dresses, skirts, crinolines, etc.—should be hung neatly away in the closet or wardrobe. The underclothing should be folded and placed in an orderly manner in the drawers of the dressing-bureau.
Etymology
Borrowed from French crinoline.
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.