wooden kimono

noun

"wooden-kimono" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wooden kimono” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of coffin.

Corpus desk

Index EN-wooden-kimono · wooden kimono · English

wooden kimono · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for wooden kimono
PropertyValue
Headwordwooden kimono
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “wooden kimono” in English

wooden kimonoranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wooden kimono is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of coffin.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wooden kimono, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: A variation of earlier criminal slang such as wooden coat. The correct English form is wooden kimono, spelled W-O-O-D-E-N- -K-I-M-O-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of coffin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wooden kimono appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "And you're just about ready to give up the ghost and call for a wooden kimono."
  2. I expected the man to show up any minute with his tape measure to outfit me with a wooden kimono.

Etymology

A variation of earlier criminal slang such as wooden coat.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wooden kimono"?
"wooden kimono" is spelled W-O-O-D-E-N- -K-I-M-O-N-O.
What does "wooden kimono" mean?
As a noun, "wooden kimono" means: Synonym of coffin.
What is the origin of the word "wooden kimono"?
A variation of earlier criminal slang such as wooden coat. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list