slot machine

noun

"slot-machine" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot, especially:

Key facts for slot machine
PropertyValue
Headwordslot machine
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “slot machine” sits in English frequency

slot machine 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

slot machine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for slot machine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is slot machine, spelled S-L-O-T- -M-A-C-H-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot, especially:
  2. 2
    Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot, especially:
  3. 3
    Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot, especially:

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "slot machine"?
"slot machine" is spelled S-L-O-T- -M-A-C-H-I-N-E.
What does "slot machine" mean?
As a noun, "slot machine" means: Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot, especially:
What language does "slot machine" come from?
"slot machine" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “slot machine”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is S-L-O-T- -M-A-C-H-I-N-E - 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list