draft horse
"draft-horse" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“draft horse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A horse used for muscular work other than carrying a rider and/or load, such as pulling a cart, plow, or log.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | draft horse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “draft horse” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
draft horse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for draft horse, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From draft (itself from to draw) + horse. The correct English form is draft horse, spelled D-R-A-F-T- -H-O-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1A horse used for muscular work other than carrying a rider and/or load, such as pulling a cart, plow, or log.
- 2A horse of a race specifically bred for such work, heavier and stronger than a mount.
Etymology
From draft (itself from to draw) + horse.
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 “draft horse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-R-A-F-T- -H-O-R-S-E - 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.