fuller's teasel
"fuller-s-teasel" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fuller's teasel” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A flowering plant of species Dipsacus sativus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fuller's teasel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fuller's teasel” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fuller's teasel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A flowering plant of species Dipsacus sativus.".
fuller's teasel has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of translingual Dipsacus fullonum (literally “teasel of fullers”). The correct English form is fuller's teasel, spelled F-U-L-L-E-R-'-S- -T-E-A-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1A flowering plant of species Dipsacus sativus.
Etymology
Calque of translingual Dipsacus fullonum (literally “teasel of fullers”).
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 “fuller's teasel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-L-L-E-R-'-S- -T-E-A-S-E-L - 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.