bottom line
"bottom-line" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bottom line” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bottom-line · bottom line · English
bottom line · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | bottom line |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bottom line” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bottom line is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bottom line in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record. The correct English form is bottom line, spelled B-O-T-T-O-M- -L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
- 2The summary or result; the most important information.
- 3A minimum acceptable result from a negotiation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bottom line appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bottom line.
The bottom line is that there simply are not enough hours in the day to finish all there is to do.
Etymology
A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record.
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.