cylinder head
"cylinder-head" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cylinder head” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cylinder, head.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cylinder head |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cylinder head” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cylinder head is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cylinder head in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is cylinder head, spelled C-Y-L-I-N-D-E-R- -H-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cylinder, head.
- 2A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.
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 “cylinder head”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-Y-L-I-N-D-E-R- -H-E-A-D - 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.