hazel dormouse
"hazel-dormouse" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hazel dormouse” 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 small nocturnal dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, with golden-brown fur and large black eyes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hazel-dormouse · hazel dormouse · English
hazel dormouse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hazel dormouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hazel dormouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hazel dormouse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small nocturnal dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, with golden-brown fur and large black eyes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hazel dormouse, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is hazel dormouse, spelled H-A-Z-E-L- -D-O-R-M-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A small nocturnal dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, with golden-brown fur and large black eyes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hazel dormouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A volunteer checks a rare hazel dormouse as 20 breeding pairs were released into an undisclosed woodland location near Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, UK.
This project involves construction of a railway crossing for wild hazel dormice on the Furness line (Lancashire), in a bid to save the endangered species from extinction, and it will be the first of its kind on the railway.
Synonyms
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.