public transport
"public-transport" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“public transport” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | public transport |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “public transport” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
public transport is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.".
public transport doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is public transport, spelled P-U-B-L-I-C- -T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.
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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 “public transport”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-U-B-L-I-C- -T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T - 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.