chemist's shop
"chemist-s-shop" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chemist's 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of pharmacy, especially when run as a small standalone general store.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chemist-s-shop · chemist's shop · English
chemist's shop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | chemist's shop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chemist's shop” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chemist's shop is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of pharmacy, especially when run as a small standalone general store.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for chemist's shop in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: In British, Australian, and New Zealand English chemist is a synonym for pharmacist. The correct English form is chemist's shop, spelled C-H-E-M-I-S-T-'-S- -S-H-O-P.
Definition
- 1Synonym of pharmacy, especially when run as a small standalone general store.
Etymology
In British, Australian, and New Zealand English chemist is a synonym for pharmacist.
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.