keyboard
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "keyboard", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "keyboard" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "keyboard" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
keyboard is aEnglishnoun. It means: A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc. Pronounced /ˈki.bɔɹd/. It ranks #5,978 in English word frequency. Often confused with keyword.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keyboard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈki.bɔɹd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for keyboard is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈki.bɔɹd/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,978 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for keyboard, with forms such as "ekyboard", "kebyoard", and "keybaord". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "keyword", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From key + board. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is keyboard, spelled K-E-Y-B-O-A-R-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.
- 2A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
- 3An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.
Etymology
From key + board.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ekyboard,kebyoard,keybaord,keybboard,keyboadr,keyboardd,keyboarrd,keyborad,keyobard,keyyboard,kkeyboard,kyeboard
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for keyboard
Misspelling Variants of "keyboard"
Frequency rank: #5,978 in English
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