permalink
/ˈpɜː(ɹ).mə.lɪŋk/
"permalink" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“permalink” is uncommon English (frequency #92,996 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,996
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A permanent (unchanging) link to an individual blog entry or news item on the World Wide Web.
Corpus desk
Index EN-permalink · permalink · English
permalink · rank #92,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,996
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH perforate
Nearest frequency peer: perforate (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “permalink”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- penknife
penknife
7,010 corpus weight
- perfidy
perfidy
7,008 corpus weight
- perforate
perforate
7,007 corpus weight
- permalink
permalink
7,005 corpus weight
- Pessoa
Pessoa
7,003 corpus weight
- pestis
pestis
7,002 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “permalink” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | permalink |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɜː(ɹ).mə.lɪŋk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “permalink” in English
Rare enough to double-check
permalink is uncommon English at frequency #92,996 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɜː(ɹ).mə.lɪŋk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A permanent (unchanging) link to an individual blog entry or news item on the World Wide Web.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for permalink, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From perma- + link. The correct English form is permalink, spelled P-E-R-M-A-L-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1A permanent (unchanging) link to an individual blog entry or news item on the World Wide Web.
Etymology
From perma- + link.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).