smartphone
/ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/
"smartphone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“smartphone” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #6,521 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,521
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | smartphone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “smartphone” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for smartphone is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,521 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for smartphone, with forms such as "msartphone", "samrtphone", and "smarpthone". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From smart + phone; first usage in the mid-1990s. The correct English form is smartphone, spelled S-M-A-R-T-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.
Etymology
From smart + phone; first usage in the mid-1990s.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: msartphone,samrtphone,smarpthone,smarrtphone,smarthpone,smartphhone,smartphnoe,smartphoen,smartphonne,smartpohne,smartpphone,smarttphone,smatrphone,smmartphone,smratphone,ssmartphone
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of smartphone - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “smartphone”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-M-A-R-T-P-H-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.