first aid kit
"first-aid-kit" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“first aid kit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A collection of first aid supplies for treatment of minor injuries or stabilization of major injuries.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | first aid kit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “first aid kit” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
first aid kit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A collection of first aid supplies for treatment of minor injuries or stabilization of major injuries.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for first aid kit, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From first aid + kit. The correct English form is first aid kit, spelled F-I-R-S-T- -A-I-D- -K-I-T.
Definition
- 1A collection of first aid supplies for treatment of minor injuries or stabilization of major injuries.
Etymology
From first aid + kit.
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 “first aid kit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-I-R-S-T- -A-I-D- -K-I-T - 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.