pocket flask
"pocket-flask" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pocket flask” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A flat metal container for alcoholic beverages, with a narrow neck suitable for use as a drinking spout, designed to fit into a man's pocket and popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pocket-flask · pocket flask · English
pocket flask · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | pocket flask |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pocket flask” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pocket flask is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A flat metal container for alcoholic beverages, with a narrow neck suitable for use as a drinking spout, designed to fit into a man's pocket and popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pocket flask, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is pocket flask, spelled P-O-C-K-E-T- -F-L-A-S-K.
Definition
- 1A flat metal container for alcoholic beverages, with a narrow neck suitable for use as a drinking spout, designed to fit into a man's pocket and popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pocket flask appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The traveller had been at the pains of going a long way up stairs to his sleeping-room, to fetch his pocket-flask of brandy.
We were walking at a smart pace, and a sip from my pocket-flask soon set my old friend's tongue going.
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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