thinking machine
"thinking-machine" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thinking machine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A computer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thinking-machine · thinking machine · English
thinking machine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | thinking machine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thinking machine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thinking machine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A computer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for thinking machine in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is thinking machine, spelled T-H-I-N-K-I-N-G- -M-A-C-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A computer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how thinking machine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Electronic computing machine experts warned last night at a meeting of the New York Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management that “thinking machines” now appear to be bringing about a second industrial revolution.
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.