no-show
/ˈnoʊ ˌʃoʊ/
"no-show" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“no-show” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An absence; failure to show up or to make a scheduled appearance, especially at a hotel or a place of employment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-no-show · no-show · English
no-show · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | no-show |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnoʊ ˌʃoʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “no-show” in English
Rare enough to double-check
no-show is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnoʊ ˌʃoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for no-show, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is no-show, spelled N-O---S-H-O-W.
Definition
- 1An absence; failure to show up or to make a scheduled appearance, especially at a hotel or a place of employment.
- 2A person or group that does not show up.
- 3Ellipsis of no-show sock.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how no-show appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You may want to consider instituting a charge for no-shows. […] Also, you must inform patients, in advance, that there is a charge for no-shows, and what that charge is.
Out of fifty people who said they would attend, we only had three no-shows.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.