cardholder
"cardholder" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cardholder” is uncommon English (frequency #71,378 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,378
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A case for holding cards, as credit cards, bankcards, or business cards.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cardholder · cardholder · English
cardholder · rank #71,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,378
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH capitaine
Nearest frequency peer: capitaine (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cardholder”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- camelback
camelback
28,627 corpus weight
- Canute
Canute
28,625 corpus weight
- capitaine
capitaine
28,624 corpus weight
- cardholder
cardholder
28,623 corpus weight
- carnitine
carnitine
28,622 corpus weight
- cartouche
cartouche
28,620 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cardholder” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cardholder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cardholder” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cardholder is uncommon English at frequency #71,378 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cardholder, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From card + holder. The correct English form is cardholder, spelled C-A-R-D-H-O-L-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A case for holding cards, as credit cards, bankcards, or business cards.
- 2An authorized user of a card used for financial transactions, etc.
Etymology
From card + holder.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cardholder", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.