timeslot
"timeslot" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“timeslot” is uncommon English (frequency #52,675 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,675
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A conventionally defined time interval in a schedule.
Corpus desk
Index EN-timeslot · timeslot · English
timeslot · rank #52,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,675
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH theologically
Nearest frequency peer: theologically (-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 “timeslot”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- terr
terr
47,330 corpus weight
- Terran
Terran
47,329 corpus weight
- theological…
theologically
47,327 corpus weight
- timeslot
timeslot
47,326 corpus weight
- Tirana
Tirana
47,325 corpus weight
- Tiwari
Tiwari
47,323 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “timeslot” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timeslot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “timeslot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
timeslot is uncommon English at frequency #52,675 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A conventionally defined time interval in a schedule.".
Zero misspellings are on record for timeslot in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From time + slot. The correct English form is timeslot, spelled T-I-M-E-S-L-O-T.
Definition
- 1A conventionally defined time interval in a schedule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how timeslot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prime-time television has two- to four-hour-long timeslots.
At the peak of its success, the show drew 3.9 million viewers per week to its Sunday night timeslot.
Etymology
From time + slot.
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); 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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).