plough into
"plough-into" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plough into” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To crash into something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-plough-into · plough into · English
plough into · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | plough into |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “plough into” in English
Rare enough to double-check
plough into is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for plough into, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is plough into, spelled P-L-O-U-G-H- -I-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1To crash into something.
- 2To engage in some activity with vigor.
- 3To invest a resource (money, material, energy) into something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plough into appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The lorry ploughed into the line of stationary cars.
Tackling the rising grades south of Cropredy with the 3.10 p.m. from Paddington in a blizzard, it ploughed at about 75 m.p.h. into a herd of cows, killing six of the beasts.
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.