spindles
/ˈspɪndəlz/
"spindles" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spindles” is uncommon English (frequency #53,269 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,269
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of spindle
Corpus desk
Index EN-spindles · spindles · English
spindles · rank #53,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,269
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH soapbox
Nearest frequency peer: soapbox (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “spindles”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- snobbish
snobbish
46,736 corpus weight
- Snowdonia
Snowdonia
46,735 corpus weight
- soapbox
soapbox
46,734 corpus weight
- spindles
spindles
46,732 corpus weight
- spooning
spooning
46,730 corpus weight
- SSG
SSG
46,728 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “spindles” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spindles |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspɪndəlz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spindles” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spindles is uncommon English at frequency #53,269 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈspɪndəlz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of spindle".
No generated misspelling entries exist for spindles in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is spindles, spelled S-P-I-N-D-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of spindle
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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