slotted spoon
"slotted-spoon" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slotted spoon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large spoon with slots in it used to drain food.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slotted spoon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “slotted spoon” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
slotted spoon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large spoon with slots in it used to drain food.".
Zero misspellings are on record for slotted spoon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is slotted spoon, spelled S-L-O-T-T-E-D- -S-P-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1A large spoon with slots in it used to drain food.
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.
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Using “slotted spoon”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-L-O-T-T-E-D- -S-P-O-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.