into the bargain

prep_phrase

"into-the-bargain" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“into the bargain” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - along with it; additionally; as well

Corpus desk

Index EN-into-the-bargain · into the bargain · English

into the bargain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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 into the bargain
PropertyValue
Headwordinto the bargain
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechPrep_phrase
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “into the bargain” in English

into the bargainsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

into the bargain is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "along with it; additionally; as well".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for into the bargain, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is into the bargain, spelled I-N-T-O- -T-H-E- -B-A-R-G-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    along with it; additionally; as well

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how into the bargain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. That same evening, the gentleman in the white waistcoat most positively and decidedly affirmed, not only that Oliver would be hung, but that he would be drawn and quartered into the bargain.
  2. He was roofless, dinnerless, breakfastless, supperless, penniless, friendless, all at once; and brandyless into the bargain.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "into the bargain"?
"into the bargain" is spelled I-N-T-O- -T-H-E- -B-A-R-G-A-I-N.
What does "into the bargain" mean?
As a prep_phrase, "into the bargain" means: along with it; additionally; as well
What language does "into the bargain" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list