notebook

Name: notebook, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/

//ˈnəʊtˌbʊk// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“notebook” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,583. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,583
frequency rank, English: 1,534
“N” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A book in which notes or memoranda are written.

Corpus desk

Index EN-notebook · notebook · English

notebook · rank #10,583 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,583
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 1,534
PHOTO-FINISH nod

Nearest frequency peer: nod (-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.

mit

89,421
Newark

89,420
nod

89,419
notebook

89,418
offline

89,417
overweight

89,415

What this shows “notebook” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for notebook
Property	Value
Headword	notebook
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#10,583
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “notebook”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).notebooklands here:

#10,583

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “nod” (#10,582), “offline” (#10,584), “Newark” (#10,581). Among 1,534 “N” headwords, “notebook” is #10,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around notebook (IPA /ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,583 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for notebook, with forms such as "nnotebook", "noetbook", and "notbeook". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From note + book. The correct English form is notebook, spelled N-O-T-E-B-O-O-K.

Definition

1
A book in which notes or memoranda are written.
2
A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.
3
Ellipsis of notebook computer (“laptop computer”).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how notebook appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth.
With an unquenchable enthusiasm for locomotives and their work, at an early age I had commenced to keep engine and traffic-recording notebooks, compiled in a schoolboy's round hand.

Etymology

From note + book.

This word in other languages

cuaderno(Español)cahier(Français)Notizbuch(Deutsch)caderno(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

nnotebook
noetbook
notbeook
notebbook
notebok
noteboko
notebookk
noteobok
nottebook
ntoebook
ontebook

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of notebook - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "notebook"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "notebook"?

"notebook" is spelled N-O-T-E-B-O-O-K. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/.

What does "notebook" mean?

As a noun, "notebook" means: A book in which notes or memoranda are written.

What are common misspellings of "notebook"?

Common misspellings include "nnotebook", "noetbook", "notbeook", "notebbook", "notebok". The correct spelling is "notebook".

How do you pronounce "notebook"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "notebook" is /ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "notebook"?

From note + book. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "notebook", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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