spinning top
"spinning-top" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spinning top” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spinning top |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spinning top” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for spinning top is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.".
spinning top has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is spinning top, spelled S-P-I-N-N-I-N-G- -T-O-P.
Definition
- 1A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.
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.
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Using “spinning top”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-P-I-N-N-I-N-G- -T-O-P - 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.