minibar
"minibar" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“minibar” is uncommon English (frequency #59,549 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,549
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.
Corpus desk
Index EN-minibar · minibar · English
minibar · rank #59,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,549
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH microbiologist
Nearest frequency peer: microbiologist (-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 “minibar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Medellín
Medellín
40,458 corpus weight
- melamine
melamine
40,456 corpus weight
- menorah
menorah
40,455 corpus weight
- microbiolog…
microbiologist
40,453 corpus weight
- minibar
minibar
40,452 corpus weight
- missal
missal
40,447 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “minibar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minibar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “minibar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
minibar is uncommon English at frequency #59,549 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.".
minibar has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mini- + bar. The correct English form is minibar, spelled M-I-N-I-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how minibar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Print on the wall, earth tones on the bed, data port on the phone, fifty-five channels on the TV, including E! and Bravo: the modern secular hotel in perfect replica, except for the fact that there's no Spankavision and no minibar.
"Something that's playful entices guests and loosens the scene and makes things relaxed," said Scott Engelman, the director of food and beverage at the Hotel Victor, in Miami Beach, which is scheduled to open on Wednesday and will include in its minibar offerings the Passion Pleasure, a box the size of a deck of cards that holds two condoms, alcohol-free…
Etymology
From mini- + bar.
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).