command line
"command-line" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“command line” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A shell, a command line interface; usually used with the definite article.
Corpus desk
Index EN-command-line · command line · English
command line · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | command line |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “command line” in English
Rare enough to double-check
command line is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for command line in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is command line, spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D- -L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A shell, a command line interface; usually used with the definite article.
- 2The text prompt presented to the user in a command line interface.
- 3A line of text that is entered at such a prompt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how command line appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'm so used to the command line that I don't even know how to find things in the GUI.
The command line offers a lot of helpful features, such as tab completion and wildcard expansion.
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.