host country
"host-country" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“host country” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A country in which an international event is held.
Corpus desk
Index EN-host-country · host country · English
host country · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | host country |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “host country” in English
Rare enough to double-check
host country is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
host country has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is host country, spelled H-O-S-T- -C-O-U-N-T-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A country in which an international event is held.
- 2A country which is the target of immigration.
- 3A country whose leaders accept the visitation of the representatives or agencies of another country.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how host country appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chile is the host country for this year's conference.
Many immigrants struggle to adapt themselves to the culture of the host country.
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.