meatloaf
/ˈmiːt.ləʊf/
"meatloaf" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“meatloaf” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,405. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,405
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meatloaf |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmiːt.ləʊf/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #35,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “meatloaf” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around meatloaf (IPA /ˈmiːt.ləʊf/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,405 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for meatloaf, with forms such as "ematloaf", "maetloaf", and "mealtoaf". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compound of meat + loaf. The correct English form is meatloaf, spelled M-E-A-T-L-O-A-F.
Definition
- 1A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
Etymology
Compound of meat + loaf.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ematloaf
- maetloaf
- mealtoaf
- meatlaof
- meatlloaf
- meatloaff
- meatlofa
- meatolaf
- meattloaf
- metaloaf
- mmeatloaf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meatloaf - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “meatloaf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-E-A-T-L-O-A-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmiːt.ləʊf/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.