ice floe
/ˈaɪs.fləʊ/
"ice-floe" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ice floe” 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 type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ice-floe · ice floe · English
ice floe · 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 floe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaɪs.fləʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ice floe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ice floe is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈaɪs.fləʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
ice floe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ice + floe. The correct English form is ice floe, spelled I-C-E- -F-L-O-E.
Definition
- 1Any type of sea ice not attached to land, drift ice.
- 2An ice dam (ice jam), a blockage of ice in a river starting with an ice floe in the river.
- 3An ice stream (ice flow), a type of fast moving glacier
- 4A flat mass of floating ice, smaller than an ice field.
Etymology
From ice + floe.
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.