slimline
"slimline" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slimline” is uncommon English (frequency #83,761 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,761
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Gracefully slim or slender.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slimline · slimline · English
slimline · rank #83,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,761
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slacked
Nearest frequency peer: slacked (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “slimline”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sitch
sitch
16,245 corpus weight
- slacked
slacked
16,242 corpus weight
- slimline
slimline
16,240 corpus weight
- sny
sny
16,237 corpus weight
- sobriquet
sobriquet
16,235 corpus weight
- solipsism
solipsism
16,234 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “slimline” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slimline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “slimline” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
slimline is uncommon English at frequency #83,761 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for slimline in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From slim + line. The correct English form is slimline, spelled S-L-I-M-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Gracefully slim or slender.
- 2Stripped of unnecessary features.
Etymology
From slim + line.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.