trouble spot
"trouble-spot" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trouble spot” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trouble-spot · trouble spot · English
trouble spot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trouble spot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trouble spot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trouble spot is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for trouble spot, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is trouble spot, spelled T-R-O-U-B-L-E- -S-P-O-T.
Definition
- 1A location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how trouble spot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Difficulties were met by keeping permanent way and maintenance staff on duty and organising mobile squads to move as required to trouble spots.
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.