filing cabinet
"filing-cabinet" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“filing cabinet” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.
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Index EN-filing-cabinet · filing cabinet · English
filing cabinet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | filing cabinet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “filing cabinet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
filing cabinet is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for filing cabinet, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is filing cabinet, spelled F-I-L-I-N-G- -C-A-B-I-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how filing cabinet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[...] adjacent is a clerk's room, with filing cabinets.
Synonyms
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.