small intestine
"small-intestine" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“small intestine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | small intestine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “small intestine” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
small intestine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.".
Zero misspellings are on record for small intestine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From small + intestine, perhaps a partial calque of Middle English smaltharm, smaleþarm, from Old English smælþearme (“lower gut, small intestine”, literally “small tharm”). The correct English form is small intestine, spelled S-M-A-L-L- -I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
Etymology
From small + intestine, perhaps a partial calque of Middle English smaltharm, smaleþarm, from Old English smælþearme (“lower gut, small intestine”, literally “small tharm”).
Synonyms
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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 “small intestine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-M-A-L-L- -I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-E - 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.