zipline
/ˈzɪpˌlaɪn/
"zipline" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zipline” is uncommon English (frequency #71,244 among 265 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,244
- frequency rank, English
- 265
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline, designed to enable a user to travel from one point to another by means of gravity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zipline · zipline · English
zipline · rank #71,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,244
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 265
- PHOTO-FINISH Zhukov
Nearest frequency peer: Zhukov (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “zipline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Yarbrough
Yarbrough
28,767 corpus weight
- yeomen
yeomen
28,765 corpus weight
- zapping
zapping
28,760 corpus weight
- Zhukov
Zhukov
28,758 corpus weight
- zipline
zipline
28,757 corpus weight
- zoster
zoster
28,755 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “zipline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zipline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈzɪpˌlaɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “zipline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
zipline is uncommon English at frequency #71,244 among 265 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈzɪpˌlaɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zipline, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From zip + line. The correct English form is zipline, spelled Z-I-P-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline, designed to enable a user to travel from one point to another by means of gravity.
- 2A trip on a zipline.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zipline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Outside the county towns of Lushui, Fugong, and Gongshan, few bridges span the Nu River Gorge, and most villagers cross the river by zipline cables or suspended footbridges to transport their crops or livestock to market. It is not uncommon to see sheep or cattle nervously thrashing about as they ride a zipline from one river bank to the other.
Etymology
From zip + line.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).