spinning wheel
"spinning-wheel" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spinning wheel” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spinning-wheel · spinning wheel · English
spinning wheel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | spinning wheel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spinning wheel” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spinning wheel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.".
No misspelling variants are generated for spinning wheel in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is spinning wheel, spelled S-P-I-N-N-I-N-G- -W-H-E-E-L.
Definition
- 1A domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spinning wheel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dobrunka always began the day by feeding the goats, then she prepared the breakfast, swept the kitchen, and when everything else was done she sat down at her spinning wheel and spun.
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.