login
/ˈlɒɡ.ɪn/noun
login is spelled L-O-G-I-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “log-in vs login” about 720 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, login means “Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of login is logins.
How many letters and syllables are in login?
| Letters | 5: L-O-G-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 login?
Login appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 login?
- /ˈlɒɡ.ɪn/
Login has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-login.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with login
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: log-in (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with login?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as login.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lingo, longi.
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 login
- logins plural
- log-in
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does login mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.
I've forgotten my login again.
- 2
The process or an instance of logging in.
Your login failed because you weren't connected to the office network.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Login in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | identifiant, ID, nom d'utilisateur, compte |
| German | Login, Benutzername , Benutzeranmeldung, Anmeldung, Einloggen |
| Portuguese | login |
| Spanish | login (lóguin), credencial, credenciales , logueamiento |
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 login come from?
A deverbal from log in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).