wood alcohol
"wood-alcohol" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wood alcohol” 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The compound methyl alcohol or methanol.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wood alcohol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wood alcohol” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for wood alcohol is 12 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. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The compound methyl alcohol or methanol.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wood alcohol, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Originally manufactured by the destructive distillation of wood. The correct English form is wood alcohol, spelled W-O-O-D- -A-L-C-O-H-O-L.
Definition
- 1The compound methyl alcohol or methanol.
Etymology
Originally manufactured by the destructive distillation of wood.
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 “wood alcohol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-O-O-D- -A-L-C-O-H-O-L - 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.