band-aid
/ˈbændeɪd/
"band-aid" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“band-aid” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
Corpus desk
Index EN-band-aid · band-aid · English
band-aid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | band-aid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbændeɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “band-aid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
band-aid is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbændeɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for band-aid, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid. The correct English form is band-aid, spelled B-A-N-D---A-I-D.
Definition
- 1An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
- 2A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how band-aid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore.
Etymology
Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.