dishtowel
"dishtowel" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dishtowel” 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 towel or any similar cloth used to dry dishes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dishtowel · dishtowel · English
dishtowel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | dishtowel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dishtowel” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dishtowel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A towel or any similar cloth used to dry dishes.".
dishtowel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dish + towel. The correct English form is dishtowel, spelled D-I-S-H-T-O-W-E-L.
Definition
- 1A towel or any similar cloth used to dry dishes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dishtowel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A child of the Great Depression, Grandma would never throw away a dishtowel until it had more holes than thread.
Etymology
From dish + towel.
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.