spring roll
"spring-roll" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spring roll” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spring roll |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spring roll” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spring roll is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spring roll, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Chinese 春捲 /春卷 (chūnjuǎn, literally “vernal/spring-time spool”), equivalent to spring + roll. The correct English form is spring roll, spelled S-P-R-I-N-G- -R-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1A type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried.
- 2An egg roll.
- 3summer roll
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 春捲 /春卷 (chūnjuǎn, literally “vernal/spring-time spool”), equivalent to spring + roll.
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 “spring roll”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-P-R-I-N-G- -R-O-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.