minigolf

noun

"minigolf" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“minigolf” 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) - Miniature golf.

Corpus desk

Index EN-minigolf · minigolf · English

minigolf · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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 minigolf
PropertyValue
Headwordminigolf
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “minigolf” in English

minigolfranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

minigolf is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for minigolf, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mini- + golf. The correct English form is minigolf, spelled M-I-N-I-G-O-L-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Miniature golf.
  2. 2
    A course for playing miniature golf.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Despite his fame, he's a humble, laid-back guy, more than willing to teach me a thing or two about minigolf. We're definitely in the right city for the lesson. With more than 50 courses in a 96-kilometre radius, some argue that the area, whose population is just over 200,000 year-round, is the minigolf capital of the world.
  2. The commercial strips of the mid-twentieth century lined with minigolfs, kiddie parks, drive-in theaters, and shopping.

Etymology

From mini- + golf.

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 "minigolf"?
"minigolf" is spelled M-I-N-I-G-O-L-F.
What does "minigolf" mean?
As a noun, "minigolf" means: Miniature golf.
What is the origin of the word "minigolf"?
From mini- + golf. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list