leaf blower
"leaf-blower" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leaf blower” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A motorized garden tool that propels air out of a nozzle to move leaves and other debris.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leaf blower |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leaf blower” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
leaf blower is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A motorized garden tool that propels air out of a nozzle to move leaves and other debris.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for leaf blower, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is leaf blower, spelled L-E-A-F- -B-L-O-W-E-R.
Definition
- 1A motorized garden tool that propels air out of a nozzle to move leaves and other debris.
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 “leaf blower”
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- The one correct English spelling is L-E-A-F- -B-L-O-W-E-R - 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.