ObamaCare
/oʊˈbɑ məˌkɛəɹ/
"obamacare" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ObamaCare” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,463 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #8,463
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of various healthcare plans seen as associated with Barack Obama before or during his tenure as U.S. President; especially, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): a healthc...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ObamaCare |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /oʊˈbɑ məˌkɛəɹ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ObamaCare” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for ObamaCare is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /oʊˈbɑ məˌkɛəɹ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,463 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Any of various healthcare plans seen as associated with Barack Obama before or during his tenure as U.S. President; especially, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): a healthc...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ObamaCare, with forms such as "boamacare", "oabmacare", and "obaamcare". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of Obama (“Barack Obama”) + healthcare or Medicare and perhaps influenced by earlier HillaryCare. The correct English form is ObamaCare, spelled O-B-A-M-A-C-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Any of various healthcare plans seen as associated with Barack Obama before or during his tenure as U.S. President; especially, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): a healthcare reform plan that was passed in 2010 and signed into law by him.
Etymology
Blend of Obama (“Barack Obama”) + healthcare or Medicare and perhaps influenced by earlier HillaryCare.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: boamacare,oabmacare,obaamcare,obamaacre,obamacaer,obamacarre,obamaccare,obamacrae,obamcaare,obammacare,obbamacare,obmaacare
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ObamaCare - 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.
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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Using “ObamaCare”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-B-A-M-A-C-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /oʊˈbɑ məˌkɛəɹ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.