e-commerce
/iˈkɑmɚs/
"e-commerce" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“e-commerce” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commercial activity conducted via the Internet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-e-commerce · e-commerce · English
e-commerce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | e-commerce |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /iˈkɑmɚs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “e-commerce” in English
Rare enough to double-check
e-commerce is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /iˈkɑmɚs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commercial activity conducted via the Internet.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for e-commerce, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From e- + commerce. The correct English form is e-commerce, spelled E---C-O-M-M-E-R-C-E.
Definition
- 1Commercial activity conducted via the Internet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how e-commerce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The last thing you need to do before launching the e-commerce site is enable credit card processing.
One of China’s most prominent e-commerce companies is facing intense public backlash over allegations that it overworks its employees.
Etymology
From e- + commerce.
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.