shopping trolley

noun

"shopping-trolley" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shopping trolley” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A shopping cart.

Key facts for shopping trolley
PropertyValue
Headwordshopping trolley
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “shopping trolley” sits in English frequency

shopping trolley falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

shopping trolley is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A shopping cart.".

shopping trolley has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is shopping trolley, spelled S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G- -T-R-O-L-L-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A shopping cart.

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 "shopping trolley"?
"shopping trolley" is spelled S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G- -T-R-O-L-L-E-Y.
What does "shopping trolley" mean?
As a noun, "shopping trolley" means: A shopping cart.
What language does "shopping trolley" come from?
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Using “shopping trolley”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G- -T-R-O-L-L-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list