passkey
"passkey" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“passkey” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A key, especially in a hotel, that allows someone in authority to open any door.
Corpus desk
Index EN-passkey · passkey · English
passkey · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | passkey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “passkey” in English
Rare enough to double-check
passkey is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
passkey has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pass + key. The correct English form is passkey, spelled P-A-S-S-K-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A key, especially in a hotel, that allows someone in authority to open any door.
- 2A key for entering a house or other building.
- 3A cryptographic key that is tied to specific devices or cloud accounts and is meant to be used instead of a password.
- 4Synonym of password.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how passkey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With the universal pass-key of imagination we open the dingy door, pass down a dark passage and up a narrow stair.
Jourdain stood by with a quiet sad smile, holding his passkey in his hand, and giving me time to take it all in.
Etymology
From pass + key.
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.