shovelful
"shovelful" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shovelful” 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) - The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shovelful · shovelful · English
shovelful · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | shovelful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shovelful” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shovelful is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.".
shovelful doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From shovel + -ful. The correct English form is shovelful, spelled S-H-O-V-E-L-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shovelful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One shovelful of dirt makes a molehill; a million shovelfuls make a mountain.
Two workers each had a shovelful of snow. There were two shovelsful of snow.
Etymology
From shovel + -ful.
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.