corner shop
"corner-shop" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corner 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corner shop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “corner shop” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
corner shop is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for corner shop, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Such shops were traditionally built on street corners at the end of rows of terraced houses. The correct English form is corner shop, spelled C-O-R-N-E-R- -S-H-O-P.
Definition
- 1A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.
Etymology
Such shops were traditionally built on street corners at the end of rows of terraced houses.
Synonyms
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 “corner shop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-N-E-R- -S-H-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.