panic button
"panic-button" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“panic button” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An emergency button which, when pressed, alerts authorities of danger or triggers an alarm system.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | panic button |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “panic button” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for panic button is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for panic button in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is panic button, spelled P-A-N-I-C- -B-U-T-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1An emergency button which, when pressed, alerts authorities of danger or triggers an alarm system.
- 2Synonym of boss key.
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 “panic button”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-N-I-C- -B-U-T-T-O-N - 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.