object
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "object", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "object" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "object" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
object is aEnglishnoun. It means: A thing that has physical existence but is not alive. Pronounced /ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/. It ranks #2,689 in English word frequency. Often confused with objects and objected.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | object |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for object is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,689 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for object, with forms such as "boject", "obbject", and "obejct". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "objects", "objected", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“to throw against”), from ob- (“against”) + iaciō (“to throw”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (anti… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is object, spelled O-B-J-E-C-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
- 2Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
- 3The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
- 4A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
- 5A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
- 6An instantiation of a class or structure.
- 7An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
- 8Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
Etymology
From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“to throw against”), from ob- (“against”) + iaciō (“to throw”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). Doublet of objectum and objet.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: boject,obbject,obejct,objcet,objecct,objectt,objetc,objject,ojbect
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for object
Misspelling Variants of "object"
Frequency rank: #2,689 in English
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