aftercare
/ˈɑːf.tə(ɹ).kɛə(ɹ)/
"aftercare" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aftercare” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,343 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,343
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aftercare |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑːf.tə(ɹ).kɛə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aftercare” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for aftercare is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɑːf.tə(ɹ).kɛə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,343 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aftercare, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From after- + care. The correct English form is aftercare, spelled A-F-T-E-R-C-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
- 2Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.
- 3Childcare services tending to children after the school day.
- 4Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful television show.
- 5Tender affection and physical care given to a partner after an activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it.
Etymology
From after- + care.
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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Using “aftercare”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-F-T-E-R-C-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɑːf.tə(ɹ).kɛə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.