dillseed
/ˈdɪlˌsiːd/
"dillseed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dillseed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The pungent seed of the dill plant, used as a flavouring.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dillseed · dillseed · English
dillseed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dillseed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɪlˌsiːd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dillseed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dillseed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɪlˌsiːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The pungent seed of the dill plant, used as a flavouring.".
dillseed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dill + seed. The correct English form is dillseed, spelled D-I-L-L-S-E-E-D.
Definition
- 1The pungent seed of the dill plant, used as a flavouring.
Etymology
From dill + seed.
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.