ice cube
"ice-cube" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ice cube” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, and regardless of their shape.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ice cube |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ice cube” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for ice cube is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for ice cube in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is ice cube, spelled I-C-E- -C-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1Any small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, and regardless of their shape.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice, cube.
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 “ice cube”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-C-E- -C-U-B-E - 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.