vacuum cleaner
"vacuum-cleaner" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vacuum cleaner” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vacuum-cleaner · vacuum cleaner · English
vacuum cleaner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vacuum cleaner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vacuum cleaner” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vacuum cleaner is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
vacuum cleaner has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From vacuum + cleaner. By synchronic analysis, vacuum-clean (a back-formation) + -er. The correct English form is vacuum cleaner, spelled V-A-C-U-U-M- -C-L-E-A-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1A device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.
- 2The buttocks.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vacuum cleaner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And if that's not a good enough explanation, you can shove it up your vacuum cleaner and turn it on high!
Etymology
From vacuum + cleaner. By synchronic analysis, vacuum-clean (a back-formation) + -er.
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.