spaceport
/ˈspeɪs.pɔːt/
"spaceport" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spaceport” is uncommon English (frequency #52,010 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,010
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A site for launching spacecraft.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spaceport · spaceport · English
spaceport · rank #52,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,010
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sonics
Nearest frequency peer: sonics (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “spaceport”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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47,991 corpus weight
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47,990 corpus weight
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47,989 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “spaceport” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spaceport |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspeɪs.pɔːt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spaceport” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spaceport is uncommon English at frequency #52,010 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈspeɪs.pɔːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A site for launching spacecraft.".
No misspelling variants are generated for spaceport in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From space + port; compare airport. The correct English form is spaceport, spelled S-P-A-C-E-P-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1A site for launching spacecraft.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spaceport appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ashley: You're Dr. Warren, the one in charge of the excavation. Do you know what happened to the beacon? Dr. Warren: It was moved to the spaceport this morning. Manuel and I stayed behind to help pack up the camp.
Etymology
From space + port; compare airport.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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