spinet
/ˈspɪn.ɪt/
"spinet" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spinet” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A short, compact harpsichord or piano.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spinet · spinet · English
spinet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spinet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspɪn.ɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spinet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spinet is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈspɪn.ɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A short, compact harpsichord or piano.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for spinet in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian spinetta. The correct English form is spinet, spelled S-P-I-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1A short, compact harpsichord or piano.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spinet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and a…
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian spinetta.
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.