timepiece
/ˈtaɪmpiːs/
"timepiece" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“timepiece” is uncommon English (frequency #50,847 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,847
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A chronometer (any device used to tell the time of day), particularly a clock lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-timepiece · timepiece · English
timepiece · rank #50,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,847
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tiffin
Nearest frequency peer: tiffin (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “timepiece”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Thurmond
Thurmond
49,156 corpus weight
- tiffin
tiffin
49,155 corpus weight
- timepiece
timepiece
49,154 corpus weight
- tourmaline
tourmaline
49,153 corpus weight
- tourniquet
tourniquet
49,152 corpus weight
- TRAC
TRAC
49,151 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “timepiece” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timepiece |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtaɪmpiːs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “timepiece” in English
Rare enough to double-check
timepiece is uncommon English at frequency #50,847 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtaɪmpiːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
timepiece has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From time + piece. The correct English form is timepiece, spelled T-I-M-E-P-I-E-C-E.
Definition
- 1A chronometer (any device used to tell the time of day), particularly a clock lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
- 2A chronometer (any device used to tell the time of day), particularly a clock lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how timepiece appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The only timepiece she allowed in the house was a sundial. She usually kept the curtains pulled.
An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.
Etymology
From time + piece.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).