spot check
"spot-check" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spot check” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cursory inspection or examination, especially of a sample of something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spot-check · spot check · English
spot check · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | spot check |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spot check” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spot check is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cursory inspection or examination, especially of a sample of something.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for spot check in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is spot check, spelled S-P-O-T- -C-H-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1A cursory inspection or examination, especially of a sample of something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spot check appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They do not measure each one, but they do a spot check on a few parts before shipping.
Though the author consulted with two doctors (a spot check with another doctor reveals some medical information to be stale by at least five years), […]
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.