weigh anchor
"weigh-anchor" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weigh anchor” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weigh anchor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weigh anchor” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
weigh anchor is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for weigh anchor, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is weigh anchor, spelled W-E-I-G-H- -A-N-C-H-O-R.
Definition
- 1To raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way.
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.
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Using “weigh anchor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-E-I-G-H- -A-N-C-H-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.