iced tea

noun

"iced-tea" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“iced tea” 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) - Cold tea, a beverage.

Corpus desk

Index EN-iced-tea · iced tea · English

iced tea · 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.

Key facts for iced tea
PropertyValue
Headwordiced tea
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “iced tea” in English

iced teafalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

iced tea is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

iced tea has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is iced tea, spelled I-C-E-D- -T-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cold tea, a beverage.
  2. 2
    Sweetened iced tea, flavoured with lemon.
  3. 3
    A serving of cold tea.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how iced tea appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Could you bring me some iced tea please?
  2. I would like an iced tea with my sandwich, please.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "iced tea"?
"iced tea" is spelled I-C-E-D- -T-E-A.
What does "iced tea" mean?
As a noun, "iced tea" means: Cold tea, a beverage.
What language does "iced tea" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list