bookshop
noun
bookshop is spelled B-O-O-K-S-H-O-P: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bookshop means “A shop that sells books” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bookshop is bookshops.
How many letters and syllables are in bookshop?
| Letters | 8: B-O-O-K-S-H-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bookshop?
Bookshop appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bookshop?
- US
Bookshop has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-bookshop.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bookshop
Also written: book shop (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of bookshop
- bookshops plural
- book shop
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bookshop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A shop that sells books.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bookshop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense shop that sells books:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | librairie |
| German | Buchhandlung, Buchladen |
| Portuguese | livraria |
| Spanish | librería |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bookshop come from?
From book + shop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).