stool of easement

noun

"stool-of-easement" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stool of easement” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A stool upon which to ease one's bowels: a commode, a chamber pot.

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Index EN-stool-of-easement · stool of easement · English

stool of easement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for stool of easement
PropertyValue
Headwordstool of easement
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “stool of easement” in English

stool of easementsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stool of easement is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A stool upon which to ease one's bowels: a commode, a chamber pot.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for stool of easement in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From easement in its former euphemistic use to reference the easing of one's bowels. The correct English form is stool of easement, spelled S-T-O-O-L- -O-F- -E-A-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A stool upon which to ease one's bowels: a commode, a chamber pot.

Etymology

From easement in its former euphemistic use to reference the easing of one's bowels.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stool of easement"?
"stool of easement" is spelled S-T-O-O-L- -O-F- -E-A-S-E-M-E-N-T.
What does "stool of easement" mean?
As a noun, "stool of easement" means: A stool upon which to ease one's bowels: a commode, a chamber pot.
What is the origin of the word "stool of easement"?
From easement in its former euphemistic use to reference the easing of one's bowels. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list