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Detailed reference entry for the English word "thank-you-card", 14-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "thank-you-card" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "thank-you-card" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

The verdict

“thank you card” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: A card written as a thank you to someone, usually in response to receiving a gift or having been invited to attend an event.

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Key facts for thank you card
PropertyValue
Headwordthank you card
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “thank you card” sits in English frequency

thank you card falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for thank you card is 14 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A card written as a thank you to someone, usually in response to receiving a gift or having been invited to attend an event.".

No misspelling variants are generated for thank you card in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From thank you + card. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is thank you card, spelled T-H-A-N-K- -Y-O-U- -C-A-R-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    A card written as a thank you to someone, usually in response to receiving a gift or having been invited to attend an event.

Etymology

From thank you + card.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thank you card"?
"thank you card" is spelled T-H-A-N-K- -Y-O-U- -C-A-R-D.
What does "thank you card" mean?
As a noun, "thank you card" means: A card written as a thank you to someone, usually in response to receiving a gift or having been invited to attend an event.
What is the origin of the word "thank you card"?
From thank you + card. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “thank you card”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is T-H-A-N-K- -Y-O-U- -C-A-R-D - 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.

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