E-commerce or ecommerce?
e-commerce is a noun meaning “Commercial activity conducted via the Internet”; ecommerce is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of e-commerce”. e-commerce is written with a hyphen and ecommerce as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between e-commerce and ecommerce?
| e-commerce | ecommerce | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | Commercial activity conducted via the Internet | Alternative spelling of e-commerce Alternative form of e-commerce |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | /iˈkɑmɚs/ | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 2.0 times per million words |
Sources: e-commerce and ecommerce 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 e-commerce and ecommerce
e-commerce
- 1
Commercial activity conducted via the Internet
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of e-commerce
- 3
Alternative letter-case form of e-commerce
ecommerce
- 1
Alternative spelling of e-commerce
- 2
Alternative form of e-commerce
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, e-commerce or ecommerce?
e-commerce is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; ecommerce 2.0 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).