roadstead
/ˈɹəʊdstɛd/
"roadstead" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“roadstead” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-roadstead · roadstead · English
roadstead · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | roadstead |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹəʊdstɛd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “roadstead” in English
Rare enough to double-check
roadstead is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹəʊdstɛd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.".
Zero misspellings are on record for roadstead in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From road + stead. The correct English form is roadstead, spelled R-O-A-D-S-T-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how roadstead appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The shores of Protection island form on its south side, which is about two miles long, a most excellent roadstead, and a channel into port Discovery, near 2 miles wide on either side […]
[…] I found we were lying in a roadstead among many low and rocky islets, hovered about by an innumerable cloud of sea-fowl.
Etymology
From road + stead.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.