best regards

noun

"best-regards" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“best regards” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used as a polite closing of a letter

Corpus desk

Index EN-best-regards · best regards · English

best regards · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for best regards
PropertyValue
Headwordbest regards
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “best regards” in English

best regardsfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

best regards is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Used as a polite closing of a letter".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for best regards, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is best regards, spelled B-E-S-T- -R-E-G-A-R-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Used as a polite closing of a letter

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how best regards appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I look forward to finally meeting you in person. Best regards, Peter.

Synonyms

regardskind regardskindest regardsbest wishesrespectfullyyours sincerelyyours trulyyours faithfully

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "best regards"?
"best regards" is spelled B-E-S-T- -R-E-G-A-R-D-S.
What does "best regards" mean?
As a noun, "best regards" means: Used as a polite closing of a letter
What language does "best regards" come from?
"best regards" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list