bookmark
/ˈbʊk.mɑː(ɹ)k/
"bookmark" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bookmark” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,382. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,382
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bookmark |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʊk.mɑː(ɹ)k/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bookmark” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around bookmark (IPA /ˈbʊk.mɑː(ɹ)k/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,382 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bookmark, with forms such as "bbookmark", "bokmark", and "bokomark". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English *boke-merk, *boke-merke (attested only in the bare form merk (“bookmark”)), equivalent to book + mark. Cognate with Danish bogmærke (“bookmark”), Swedish bokmärke (“bookmark”), Norwegian bokmerke (“bookmark”), Icelandic bókamerki (“bookm… The correct English form is bookmark, spelled B-O-O-K-M-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
- 2A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
- 3A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
Etymology
From Middle English *boke-merk, *boke-merke (attested only in the bare form merk (“bookmark”)), equivalent to book + mark. Cognate with Danish bogmærke (“bookmark”), Swedish bokmärke (“bookmark”), Norwegian bokmerke (“bookmark”), Icelandic bókamerki (“bookmark”). Eclipsed non-native Old English æstel (“bookmark”), from Old Irish astal, from Latin hastula (“little spear, splint”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbookmark
- bokmark
- bokomark
- bookamrk
- bookkmark
- bookmakr
- bookmarkk
- bookmarrk
- bookmmark
- bookmrak
- boomkark
- obokmark
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bookmark - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “bookmark”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-O-K-M-A-R-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbʊk.mɑː(ɹ)k/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.