# marketplace

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #9,361

## Definitions
1. An open area in a town housing a public market.
2. The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
3. The world of commerce and trade.
4. A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.

## Etymology
From market + place.

## Common misspellings (17)
`amrketplace`, `makretplace`, `marektplace`, `markeptlace`, `marketlpace`, `marketpalce`, `marketplacce`, `marketplaec`, `marketplcae`, `marketpllace`, `marketpplace`, `markettplace`, `markketplace`, `markteplace`, `marrketplace`, `mmarketplace`, `mraketplace`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/marketplace