pushchair
/ˈpʊʃ.t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/
"pushchair" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pushchair” is an uncommon English word, ranked #78,052 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #78,052
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small carriage in which a baby or child sits and is pushed around.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pushchair |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpʊʃ.t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pushchair” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for pushchair is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpʊʃ.t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #78,052 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A small carriage in which a baby or child sits and is pushed around.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pushchair, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From push + chair. The correct English form is pushchair, spelled P-U-S-H-C-H-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1A small carriage in which a baby or child sits and is pushed around.
Etymology
From push + chair.
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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Using “pushchair”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-U-S-H-C-H-A-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpʊʃ.t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/ (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.