Ouija board
/ˈwiːd͡ʒə bɔɹd/
"ouija-board" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ouija board” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tabletop model of the individual aircraft and their locations on a carrier.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ouija-board · Ouija board · English
Ouija board · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ouija board |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwiːd͡ʒə bɔɹd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ouija board” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ouija board is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwiːd͡ʒə bɔɹd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Ouija board has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Ouija board, spelled O-U-I-J-A- -B-O-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A tabletop model of the individual aircraft and their locations on a carrier.
- 2Synonym of Ouija (“a board used to try to communicate with spirits”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ouija board appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
These, then, are the usual means by which we receive psychic messages, though table tilting, ouija boards, glasses upon a smooth surface, or anything which can be moved by the vital animal-magnetic force already discussed will equally serve the purpose.
Ouija board / Would you work for me? / I have got to say "Hello" / To an old friend
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.