tank top
"tank-top" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tank top” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tank-top · tank top · English
tank top · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tank top |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tank top” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tank top is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tank top in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: The upper part of a tank suit worn by female swimmers in modester times when swimming pools were called swimming tanks. The correct English form is tank top, spelled T-A-N-K- -T-O-P.
Definition
- 1An item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.
- 2The top of a ship's bilge tank, usually the lowest horizontal surface on board.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tank top appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company's items – cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like – to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can't make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers.
Etymology
The upper part of a tank suit worn by female swimmers in modester times when swimming pools were called swimming tanks.
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.