fish tank
"fish-tank" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fish tank” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A container, usually made out of glass or acrylic, specifically designed for holding water and marine life.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fish-tank · fish tank · English
fish tank · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | fish tank |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fish tank” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fish tank is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fish tank in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is fish tank, spelled F-I-S-H- -T-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1A container, usually made out of glass or acrylic, specifically designed for holding water and marine life.
- 2A section of a prison for newly arrived inmates.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fish tank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I sprinkled little flakes into the fish tank for the guppies to eat.
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.