notice period

noun

"notice-period" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“notice period” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The time period between the receipt of the letter of dismissal and the last working day.

Corpus desk

Index EN-notice-period · notice period · English

notice period · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for notice period
PropertyValue
Headwordnotice period
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “notice period” in English

notice periodsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

notice period is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The time period between the receipt of the letter of dismissal and the last working day.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for notice period in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is notice period, spelled N-O-T-I-C-E- -P-E-R-I-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    The time period between the receipt of the letter of dismissal and the last working day.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The length of the notice period depends on the dirigentes seniority, and generally ranges from a minimum of six to a maximum of 12 months. The notice period' starts running from the first day of the month following the notice of dismissal.

Synonyms

period of noticeterm of notice

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "notice period"?
"notice period" is spelled N-O-T-I-C-E- -P-E-R-I-O-D.
What does "notice period" mean?
As a noun, "notice period" means: The time period between the receipt of the letter of dismissal and the last working day.
What language does "notice period" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list