cake shop
/ˈkeɪk ʃɒp/
"cake-shop" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cake shop” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A shop where cakes can be bought.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cake shop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkeɪk ʃɒp/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cake shop” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cake shop is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkeɪk ʃɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A shop where cakes can be bought.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cake shop in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is cake shop, spelled C-A-K-E- -S-H-O-P.
Definition
- 1A shop where cakes can be bought.
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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.
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Using “cake shop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-K-E- -S-H-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkeɪk ʃɒp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.