Fan base or fanbase?
fan base is a noun meaning “The fans of a thing or person taken as a group”; fanbase is a noun meaning “Alternative form of fan base”. fan base is written as two words and fanbase as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between fan base and fanbase?
| fan base | fanbase | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | The fans of a thing or person taken as a group | Alternative form of fan base |
| Example | Building a fan base is crucial to career development of a pop musician | none recorded |
| Forms | none | fanbases |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 2.0 times per million words |
Sources: fan base and fanbase 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 fan base and fanbase
fan base
- 1
The fans of a thing or person taken as a group
Building a fan base is crucial to career development of a pop musician
fanbase
- 1
Alternative form of fan base
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, fan base or fanbase?
fan base is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; fanbase 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).