ferryboat
/ˈfɛɹiˌboʊt/
"ferryboat" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ferryboat” is uncommon English (frequency #92,608 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,608
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
Corpus desk
Index EN-ferryboat · ferryboat · English
ferryboat · rank #92,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,608
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH FFB
Nearest frequency peer: FFB (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “ferryboat”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ferryboat
ferryboat
7,393 corpus weight
- FFB
FFB
7,392 corpus weight
- Finnerty
Finnerty
7,390 corpus weight
- flambeau
flambeau
7,389 corpus weight
- flavonoid
flavonoid
7,388 corpus weight
- flinty
flinty
7,386 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ferryboat” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferryboat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɛɹiˌboʊt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ferryboat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ferryboat is uncommon English at frequency #92,608 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɛɹiˌboʊt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ferryboat, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ferry + boat. The correct English form is ferryboat, spelled F-E-R-R-Y-B-O-A-T.
Definition
- 1A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ferryboat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He insists that it is practically undisputed that, when the ferryboat crossed the bow of the tug to make her slip, she crossed at a distance of at least 300 feet away
The ferryboat "Argentina" rides toward Golden Gate, her ocean-going prow slicing the waves.
Etymology
From ferry + boat.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).