bye-bye
/baɪˈbaɪ/
"bye-bye" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bye-bye” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - Goodbye.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bye-bye · bye-bye · English
bye-bye · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | bye-bye |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /baɪˈbaɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bye-bye” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bye-bye is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /baɪˈbaɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Goodbye.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bye-bye in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduplication of bye. The correct English form is bye-bye, spelled B-Y-E---B-Y-E.
Definition
- 1Goodbye.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bye-bye appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bye bye! Let's play again some time!
Etymology
Reduplication of bye.
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.