tuning fork
/tjʉːnɪŋ foːk/
"tuning-fork" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tuning fork” 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) - A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tuning-fork · tuning fork · English
tuning fork · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tuning fork |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tjʉːnɪŋ foːk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tuning fork” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tuning fork is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /tjʉːnɪŋ foːk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tuning fork in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is tuning fork, spelled T-U-N-I-N-G- -F-O-R-K.
Definition
- 1A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.
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.