punchbowl
/ˈpʌnt͡ʃˌboʊl/
"punchbowl" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“punchbowl” is uncommon English (frequency #81,729 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,729
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage).
Corpus desk
Index EN-punchbowl · punchbowl · English
punchbowl · rank #81,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,729
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Purley
Nearest frequency peer: Purley (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “punchbowl”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Provençal
Provençal
18,277 corpus weight
- Prudhomme
Prudhomme
18,276 corpus weight
- publique
publique
18,275 corpus weight
- punchbowl
punchbowl
18,272 corpus weight
- Purley
Purley
18,271 corpus weight
- Pusey
Pusey
18,270 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “punchbowl” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | punchbowl |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpʌnt͡ʃˌboʊl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “punchbowl” in English
Rare enough to double-check
punchbowl is uncommon English at frequency #81,729 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpʌnt͡ʃˌboʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for punchbowl, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From punch + bowl. The correct English form is punchbowl, spelled P-U-N-C-H-B-O-W-L.
Definition
- 1A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage).
Etymology
From punch + bowl.
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); 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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).