toilet bowl

noun

"toilet-bowl" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“toilet bowl” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Receptacle designed to receive the dejections of humans.

Corpus desk

Index EN-toilet-bowl · toilet bowl · English

toilet bowl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for toilet bowl
PropertyValue
Headwordtoilet bowl
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “toilet bowl” in English

toilet bowlsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

toilet bowl is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Receptacle designed to receive the dejections of humans.".

toilet bowl doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From toilet + bowl. The correct English form is toilet bowl, spelled T-O-I-L-E-T- -B-O-W-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Receptacle designed to receive the dejections of humans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how toilet bowl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. These days, toilet bowls are most often of porcelain; however, one can find some of stainless steel, and even of resin or polymers.

Etymology

From toilet + bowl.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "toilet bowl"?
"toilet bowl" is spelled T-O-I-L-E-T- -B-O-W-L.
What does "toilet bowl" mean?
As a noun, "toilet bowl" means: Receptacle designed to receive the dejections of humans.
What is the origin of the word "toilet bowl"?
From toilet + bowl. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list