identity card

noun

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"identity-card" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“identity card” 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 card or badge showing the official identity of the bearer.

Corpus desk

Index EN-identity-card · identity card · English

identity card · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" 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.

Key facts for identity card
PropertyValue
Headwordidentity card
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “identity card” sits in English frequency

identity card falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

identity card is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A card or badge showing the official identity of the bearer.".

identity card doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From identity + card. The correct English form is identity card, spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-T-Y- -C-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    A card or badge showing the official identity of the bearer.

Etymology

From identity + card.

This word in other languages

DNI(Español)carte d'identité(Français)Ausweis(Deutsch)CC(Português)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "identity card"?
"identity card" is spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-T-Y- -C-A-R-D.
What does "identity card" mean?
As a noun, "identity card" means: A card or badge showing the official identity of the bearer.
What is the origin of the word "identity card"?
From identity + card. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list