drawbar
/ˈdɹɔ.bɑɹ/
"drawbar" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drawbar” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drawbar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɹɔ.bɑɹ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drawbar” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
drawbar is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɹɔ.bɑɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for drawbar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From draw + bar. The correct English form is drawbar, spelled D-R-A-W-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
- 2A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
- 3A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
- 4A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
- 5A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
Etymology
From draw + bar.
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 “drawbar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-R-A-W-B-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɹɔ.bɑɹ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.