train station

noun

"train-station" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“train station” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.

Corpus desk

Index EN-train-station · train station · English

train station · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for train station
PropertyValue
Headwordtrain station
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “train station” in English

train stationsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

train station is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for train station in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is train station, spelled T-R-A-I-N- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how train station appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I got into the cab and told the cabman to drive up to the Dover train station.

Synonyms

railway stationrailroad station

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "train station"?
"train station" is spelled T-R-A-I-N- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "train station" mean?
As a noun, "train station" means: A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list