payment card
"payment-card" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“payment card” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A card, such as a credit card or debit card, which can be used for payment of goods or services.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | payment card |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “payment card” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
payment card is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A card, such as a credit card or debit card, which can be used for payment of goods or services.".
payment card doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is payment card, spelled P-A-Y-M-E-N-T- -C-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A card, such as a credit card or debit card, which can be used for payment of goods or services.
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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Using “payment card”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-Y-M-E-N-T- -C-A-R-D - 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.