chatbot
/ˈtʃætbɑt/
"chatbot" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chatbot” is uncommon English (frequency #66,556 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,556
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chatbot · chatbot · English
chatbot · rank #66,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,556
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH charterhouse
Nearest frequency peer: charterhouse (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “chatbot”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chappie
chappie
33,447 corpus weight
- charterhouse
charterhouse
33,446 corpus weight
- chatbot
chatbot
33,445 corpus weight
- chauvinistic
chauvinistic
33,444 corpus weight
- cheerfulness
cheerfulness
33,443 corpus weight
- Chenoweth
Chenoweth
33,442 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chatbot” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chatbot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʃætbɑt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chatbot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chatbot is uncommon English at frequency #66,556 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtʃætbɑt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chatbot in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chat + -bot, from earlier chatterbot. The correct English form is chatbot, spelled C-H-A-T-B-O-T.
Definition
- 1A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chatbot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The chatbot was quite simple yet informative.
To deal with a large number of typical queries, “chatbots” technology should be considered. A chatbot can be defined as an intelligent evolution of email. The chatbot categorizes messages on the fly and provides answers to questions accordingly. As such, it can be used as a customer support tool.
Etymology
From chat + -bot, from earlier chatterbot.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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