doubletree

noun

"doubletree" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“doubletree” is uncommon English (frequency #86,225 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,225
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the...

Corpus desk

Index EN-doubletree · doubletree · English

doubletree · rank #86,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,225
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH duelist

Nearest frequency peer: duelist (+2 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “doubletree”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “doubletree” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for doubletree
PropertyValue
Headworddoubletree
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#86,225
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “doubletree” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).doubletreefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “duelist” (#86,227), “Dorris” (#86,222), “Dumoulin” (#86,228). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “doubletree” is #86,225. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

doubletree is uncommon English at frequency #86,225 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the...".

doubletree has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From double + tree. The correct English form is doubletree, spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-T-R-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the implement.

Etymology

From double + tree.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doubletree"?
"doubletree" is spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-T-R-E-E.
What does "doubletree" mean?
As a noun, "doubletree" means: a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the...
What is the origin of the word "doubletree"?
From double + tree. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "doubletree", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list