white meat
"white-meat" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“white meat” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The breast portion of poultry.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | white meat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “white meat” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for white meat is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for white meat in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English whyte mete, wyttemet, equivalent to white + meat. The correct English form is white meat, spelled W-H-I-T-E- -M-E-A-T.
Definition
- 1The breast portion of poultry.
- 2Meats whose color, either before or after cooking, is considered white as opposed to red, including poultry, seafood, and in some uses, even pork.
- 3Dairy produce (occasionally including eggs).
Etymology
From Middle English whyte mete, wyttemet, equivalent to white + meat.
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 “white meat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-H-I-T-E- -M-E-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.