armrest
/ˈɑɹmˌɹɛst/
"armrest" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“armrest” is uncommon English (frequency #62,681 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,681
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-armrest · armrest · English
armrest · rank #62,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,681
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Arrieta
Nearest frequency peer: Arrieta (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “armrest”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- applejack
applejack
37,324 corpus weight
- areola
areola
37,322 corpus weight
- armrest
armrest
37,320 corpus weight
- Arrieta
Arrieta
37,319 corpus weight
- Artois
Artois
37,318 corpus weight
- Ashkelon
Ashkelon
37,317 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “armrest” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | armrest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑɹmˌɹɛst/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “armrest” in English
Rare enough to double-check
armrest is uncommon English at frequency #62,681 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɑɹmˌɹɛst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.".
No misspelling variants are generated for armrest in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From arm + rest. The correct English form is armrest, spelled A-R-M-R-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how armrest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Each comes in a carrying case that keeps the devices together with their accessories: the miniplug cable for your music or DVD player, for example, and the adapters for quarter-inch phono jacks and dual-pronged airplane armrest jacks.
Etymology
From arm + rest.
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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