# tenderloin

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #48,525

## Definitions
1. The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
2. A district of a city where corruption is common, often because the district is devoted to questionable businesses (peep shows, etc) which are easy for police to blackmail and extort.

## Etymology
From tender + loin.

## Common misspellings (15)
`etnderloin`, `tednerloin`, `tendderloin`, `tendelroin`, `tenderlion`, `tenderlloin`, `tenderloinn`, `tenderloni`, `tenderolin`, `tenderrloin`, `tendreloin`, `tenedrloin`, `tennderloin`, `tnederloin`, `ttenderloin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tenderloin