teakwood

noun

"teakwood" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“teakwood” 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) - Wood of a teak tree.

Corpus desk

Index EN-teakwood · teakwood · English

teakwood · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for teakwood
PropertyValue
Headwordteakwood
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “teakwood” in English

teakwoodranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

teakwood is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for teakwood in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From teak + wood. The correct English form is teakwood, spelled T-E-A-K-W-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wood of a teak tree.
  2. 2
    An item of craftsmanship made from teak.
  3. 3
    A wooded area with many teak trees.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how teakwood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In addition to stained-glass windows and a graceful chandelier over the grand staircase, the boat was festooned with elegant teakwood handrails that encircle the decks, red mahogany that graces the walls in common areas, and rare Siamese ironwood floors.

Etymology

From teak + wood.

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 "teakwood"?
"teakwood" is spelled T-E-A-K-W-O-O-D.
What does "teakwood" mean?
As a noun, "teakwood" means: Wood of a teak tree.
What is the origin of the word "teakwood"?
From teak + wood. 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