pack of cards
"pack-of-cards" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pack of cards” 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) - A set of usually 52 playing cards divided into four suits used for playing a wide variety of card games such as pontoon, bridge, euchre, and poker.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pack-of-cards · pack of cards · English
pack of cards · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pack of cards |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pack of cards” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pack of cards is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A set of usually 52 playing cards divided into four suits used for playing a wide variety of card games such as pontoon, bridge, euchre, and poker.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pack of cards, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is pack of cards, spelled P-A-C-K- -O-F- -C-A-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1A set of usually 52 playing cards divided into four suits used for playing a wide variety of card games such as pontoon, bridge, euchre, and poker.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pack of cards appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He then opened a drawer in the table, and took from it a pack of cards. "I can't play by myself," exclaimed he, discontentedly. Suddenly his face brightened, he drew his seat forwards, and began building houses.
Synonyms
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.