ice cube
"ice-cube" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ice cube” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, and regardless of their shape.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ice-cube · ice cube · English
ice cube · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | ice cube |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ice cube” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ice cube 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 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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ice cube appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The new freezer in our kitchen makes round ice cubes!
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.