best of
"best-of" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“best of” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The attainment of a majority of wins in (an odd-numbered series of games).
Corpus desk
Index EN-best-of · best of · English
best of · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | best of |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “best of” in English
Rare enough to double-check
best of is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for best of, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is best of, spelled B-E-S-T- -O-F.
Definition
- 1The attainment of a majority of wins in (an odd-numbered series of games).
- 2The marketed-as-best works of (a particular artist) in compilation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how best of appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A rubber consists of the best of three games, unless one side wins the first two games.
He was listening to The Best of the Pink Floyd, smoking a joint.
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.