cubbyhole
/ˈkʌbiˌhoʊl/
"cubbyhole" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cubbyhole” 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, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy and safety by children
Corpus desk
Index EN-cubbyhole · cubbyhole · English
cubbyhole · 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 | cubbyhole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌbiˌhoʊl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cubbyhole” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cubbyhole is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʌbiˌhoʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cubbyhole in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cubby + hole. The correct English form is cubbyhole, spelled C-U-B-B-Y-H-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1A small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy and safety by children
- 2A small compartment; a pigeonhole
- 3A glove compartment
Etymology
From cubby + hole.
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.