spinach
/ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/
"spinach" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spinach” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #15,514 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,514
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spinach |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spinach” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for spinach is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,514 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for spinach, with forms such as "psinach", "sipnach", and "spianch". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "spinal", "spina", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx). The correct English form is spinach, spelled S-P-I-N-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
- 2Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleracea is or resemble it in some way.
Etymology
From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psinach,sipnach,spianch,spinacch,spinachh,spinahc,spincah,spinnach,spniach,sppinach,sspinach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spinach - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “spinach”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-P-I-N-A-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “spinal” - see the side-by-side comparison. spinach vs spinal
- 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.