wine cellar
"wine-cellar" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wine cellar” 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 May 6, 2026) - An underground place for storing wine at a constant temperature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wine cellar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wine cellar” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wine cellar is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for wine cellar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English wyn celer, wyne saler. The correct English form is wine cellar, spelled W-I-N-E- -C-E-L-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1An underground place for storing wine at a constant temperature.
- 2A collection of wines.
Etymology
From Middle English wyn celer, wyne saler.
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 “wine cellar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-N-E- -C-E-L-L-A-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.