stovetop
"stovetop" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stovetop” is uncommon English (frequency #72,792 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,792
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The top of a stove; usually specifically the burners.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stovetop · stovetop · English
stovetop · rank #72,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,792
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stowage
Nearest frequency peer: stowage (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “stovetop”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Stenhouse
Stenhouse
27,212 corpus weight
- storages
storages
27,211 corpus weight
- stovetop
stovetop
27,209 corpus weight
- stowage
stowage
27,208 corpus weight
- streetscape
streetscape
27,207 corpus weight
- subcellular
subcellular
27,206 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stovetop” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stovetop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stovetop” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stovetop is uncommon English at frequency #72,792 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The top of a stove; usually specifically the burners.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for stovetop in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stove + top. The correct English form is stovetop, spelled S-T-O-V-E-T-O-P.
Definition
- 1The top of a stove; usually specifically the burners.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stovetop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You make this on the stovetop, not in the oven.
Etymology
From stove + top.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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