on a regular basis
"on-a-regular-basis" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“on a regular basis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Regularly; occurring in regular time intervals or patterns.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | on a regular basis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “on a regular basis” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
on a regular basis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Regularly; occurring in regular time intervals or patterns.".
on a regular basis has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is on a regular basis, spelled O-N- -A- -R-E-G-U-L-A-R- -B-A-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Regularly; occurring in regular time intervals or patterns.
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.
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Using “on a regular basis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-N- -A- -R-E-G-U-L-A-R- -B-A-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.