Book store or bookstore?
book store is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of bookstore”; bookstore is a noun meaning “A store where books are bought and sold”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. book store is written as two words and bookstore as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between book store and bookstore?
| book store | bookstore | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of bookstore | A store where books are bought and sold A stationery store |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | none | bookstores |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈbʊkstɔː/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 2.6 times per million words |
Sources: book store and bookstore in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of book store and bookstore
book store
- 1
Alternative spelling of bookstore
bookstore
- 1
A store where books are bought and sold
- 2
A stationery store
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, book store or bookstore?
book store is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; bookstore 2.6 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).