endnote

/ˈɛndˌnoʊt/

//ˈɛndˌnoʊt// noun

"endnote" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“endnote” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An annotation placed at the end of a document or chapter of a document.

Corpus desk

Index EN-endnote · endnote · English

endnote · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for endnote
PropertyValue
Headwordendnote
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɛndˌnoʊt/
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “endnote” in English

endnotesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

endnote is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɛndˌnoʊt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An annotation placed at the end of a document or chapter of a document.".

No misspelling variants are generated for endnote in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From end + note. The correct English form is endnote, spelled E-N-D-N-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An annotation placed at the end of a document or chapter of a document.

Etymology

From end + note.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "endnote"?
"endnote" is spelled E-N-D-N-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɛndˌnoʊt/.
What does "endnote" mean?
As a noun, "endnote" means: An annotation placed at the end of a document or chapter of a document.
How do you pronounce "endnote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "endnote" is /ˈɛndˌnoʊt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "endnote"?
From end + note. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list