holodeck
"holodeck" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“holodeck” is uncommon English (frequency #62,975 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,975
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-holodeck · holodeck · English
holodeck · rank #62,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,975
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hoey
Nearest frequency peer: Hoey (-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 “holodeck”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hispaniola
Hispaniola
37,030 corpus weight
- hobbling
hobbling
37,029 corpus weight
- Hodgkinson
Hodgkinson
37,028 corpus weight
- Hoey
Hoey
37,027 corpus weight
- holodeck
holodeck
37,026 corpus weight
- hydroponics
hydroponics
37,023 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “holodeck” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | holodeck |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “holodeck” in English
Rare enough to double-check
holodeck is uncommon English at frequency #62,975 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for holodeck, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From holo- + deck, coined in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The correct English form is holodeck, spelled H-O-L-O-D-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how holodeck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the fact that science-fiction film, and indeed much — if not most — contemporary film, has become a technology on the way to somewhere else, whether that goal turns out to be immersive, interactive, or some holodeck-style fusion of the two.
Computer music might someday replace acoustic music made by human beings, but that time is far away, waiting either for Holodecks to be perfected or for a generation of listeners to arrive who are too busy and too uninvolved with their ambient surroundings to want to relate to them[.]
Etymology
From holo- + deck, coined in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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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