000
/trɪpəl.əʊ/
"000" is a 0-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“000” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The telephone number for emergency services in Australia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-000 · 000 · English
000 · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "0" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 000 |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /trɪpəl.əʊ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “000” in English
Rare enough to double-check
000 is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /trɪpəl.əʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The telephone number for emergency services in Australia.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for 000, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: A variant of the British 999, originally selected as an appropriate number for rotary-dial telephones and adapted in Australia because of the need to dial an initial 0 from remote exchanges to connect to the main trunk lines. The correct English form is 000, spelled 0-0-0.
Definition
- 1The telephone number for emergency services in Australia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how 000 appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When you call 000, the Telstra operator usually answers the phone with "Emergency. Police, fire, or ambulance?"
Etymology
A variant of the British 999, originally selected as an appropriate number for rotary-dial telephones and adapted in Australia because of the need to dial an initial 0 from remote exchanges to connect to the main trunk lines.
Synonyms
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.