teabag
/ˈtiːbæɡ/
"teabag" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teabag” is uncommon English (frequency #80,950 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,950
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teabag |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtiːbæɡ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “teabag” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
teabag is uncommon English at frequency #80,950 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtiːbæɡ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.".
No misspelling variants are generated for teabag in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tea + bag. The correct English form is teabag, spelled T-E-A-B-A-G.
Definition
- 1A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.
Etymology
From tea + bag.
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); 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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Using “teabag”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-A-B-A-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.