cross-border
"cross-border" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cross-border” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Taking place across a border.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cross-border |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cross-border” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cross-border is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Taking place across a border.".
cross-border doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cross- + border. The correct English form is cross-border, spelled C-R-O-S-S---B-O-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Taking place across a border.
Etymology
From cross- + border.
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.
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Using “cross-border”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-O-S-S---B-O-R-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.