travel agency
"travel-agency" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“travel agency” 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 May 6, 2026) - A company that arranges travel and accommodation for travellers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | travel agency |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “travel agency” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
travel agency is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A company that arranges travel and accommodation for travellers.".
travel agency has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From travel + agency. The correct English form is travel agency, spelled T-R-A-V-E-L- -A-G-E-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1A company that arranges travel and accommodation for travellers.
Etymology
From travel + agency.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “travel agency”
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- The one correct English spelling is T-R-A-V-E-L- -A-G-E-N-C-Y - 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.