keyring
/ˈkiːɹɪŋ/
"keyring" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“keyring” is uncommon English (frequency #71,629 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,629
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A ring, normally of metal or plastic, for holding keys together.
| 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) |
Where “keyring” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
keyring is uncommon English at frequency #71,629 among 9,255 “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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Using “keyring”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-E-Y-R-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.