wood alcohol
"wood-alcohol" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wood alcohol” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The compound methyl alcohol or methanol.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wood-alcohol · wood alcohol · English
wood alcohol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | wood alcohol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wood alcohol” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wood alcohol is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.