teasel
/ˈtiːzəl/
"teasel" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teasel” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-teasel · teasel · English
teasel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | teasel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtiːzəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “teasel” in English
Rare enough to double-check
teasel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtiːzəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for teasel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English tasel, tesel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu. The correct English form is teasel, spelled T-E-A-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
- 2The dried fruiting head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus sativa, used for teasing or carding cloth.
- 3Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
Etymology
From Middle English tasel, tesel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.