parking ticket
/ˈpɑː.kɪŋ ˈtɪk.ɪt/
"parking-ticket" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parking ticket” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A legal summons issued for parking a motor vehicle in a place where such parking is restricted, or beyond the time paid for.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parking ticket |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ ˈtɪk.ɪt/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parking ticket” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for parking ticket is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ ˈtɪk.ɪt/. 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.
Zero misspellings are on record for parking ticket in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is parking ticket, spelled P-A-R-K-I-N-G- -T-I-C-K-E-T.
Definition
- 1A legal summons issued for parking a motor vehicle in a place where such parking is restricted, or beyond the time paid for.
- 2A small ticket issued as proof of payment for the right to park a motor vehicle.
This word in other languages
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-K-I-N-G- -T-I-C-K-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ ˈtɪk.ɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.