keyring
/ˈkiːɹɪŋ/
"keyring" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“keyring” is uncommon English (frequency #71,629 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,629
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A ring, normally of metal or plastic, for holding keys together.
Corpus desk
Index EN-keyring · keyring · English
keyring · rank #71,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,629
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kevorkian
Nearest frequency peer: Kevorkian (-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 “keyring”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kerman
Kerman
28,375 corpus weight
- Kevorkian
Kevorkian
28,373 corpus weight
- keyring
keyring
28,372 corpus weight
- khair
khair
28,371 corpus weight
- Khosla
Khosla
28,370 corpus weight
- kir
kir
28,368 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “keyring” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keyring |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkiːɹɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “keyring” in English
Rare enough to double-check
keyring is uncommon English at frequency #71,629 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkiːɹɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for keyring, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From key + ring. The correct English form is keyring, spelled K-E-Y-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A ring, normally of metal or plastic, for holding keys together.
- 2A set of data holding linked encryption keys.
Etymology
From key + ring.
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); 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).