logbook
log·book/ˈlɑɡ.bʊk/noun
logbook is spelled L-O-G-B-O-O-K: 7 letters and 2 syllables (log·book). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, logbook means “A book in which measurements of a ship's position are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage, such as weather, resupply occasions…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of logbook is logbooks.
How many letters and syllables are in logbook?
| Letters | 7: L-O-G-B-O-O-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: log·book |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,954th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is logbook?
Logbook appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce logbook?
- US /ˈlɑɡ.bʊk/
- US /ˈlɔɡ.bʊk/
- UK /ˈlɒɡ.bʊk/
Logbook has 2 syllables, split log·book in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-logbook.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with logbook
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: log-book (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with logbook?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as logbook from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡbʊk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of logbook
- logbooks plural
- log-book
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does logbook mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A book in which measurements of a ship's position are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage, such as weather, resupply occasions, the crew's performance, other ships sighted, and so on.
Near-synonym: log
- 2
A book in which events are recorded; a journal, especially of travel.
- 3
UKA record of the ownership and licensing of a motor car.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Logbook in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | livre de bord, journal de bord, livre de loch |
| German | Logbuch, Schiffstagebuch |
| Portuguese | diário de bordo , diário de viagem |
| Spanish | libro de registro, cuaderno de bitácora , bitácora |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does logbook come from?
Compound of log + book, originally a record of a ship’s speed and progress, from a wooden float (chip log, or simply log) used to measure speed. First attested in the 1670s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).