spindles
/ˈspɪndəlz/
"spindles" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spindles” is uncommon English (frequency #53,269 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,269
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of spindle
| 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) |
Where “spindles” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spindles is uncommon English at frequency #53,269 among 54,294 “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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Using “spindles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-P-I-N-D-L-E-S - 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.