duffel bag
"duffel-bag" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“duffel bag” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duffel bag |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “duffel bag” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
duffel bag is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for duffel bag, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: After the Belgian town of Duffel, which produced the thick cloth from which early duffel bags were made. The correct English form is duffel bag, spelled D-U-F-F-E-L- -B-A-G.
Definition
- 1A large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.
- 2A smaller, cylindrical, cloth bag fashionable in the 1950s and 1960s.
Etymology
After the Belgian town of Duffel, which produced the thick cloth from which early duffel bags were made.
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 “duffel bag”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-U-F-F-E-L- -B-A-G - 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.