electronic mail
"electronic-mail" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“electronic mail” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Email (the system).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | electronic mail |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “electronic mail” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
electronic mail is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for electronic mail, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is electronic mail, spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-I-C- -M-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1Email (the system).
- 2An email.
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 “electronic mail”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-I-C- -M-A-I-L - 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.