missed call
"missed-call" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“missed call” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To deliberately terminate a call before the recipient answers in order to communicate a pre-agreed message.
Corpus desk
Index EN-missed-call · missed call · English
missed call · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | missed call |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “missed call” in English
Rare enough to double-check
missed call is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To deliberately terminate a call before the recipient answers in order to communicate a pre-agreed message.".
missed call has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is missed call, spelled M-I-S-S-E-D- -C-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1To deliberately terminate a call before the recipient answers in order to communicate a pre-agreed message.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how missed call appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Missed-call me when you get to the meeting point!
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.