travel agency

noun

"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 September 3, 2026) - A company that arranges travel and accommodation for travellers.

Corpus desk

Index EN-travel-agency · travel agency · English

travel agency · 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

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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 travel agency
PropertyValue
Headwordtravel agency
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “travel agency” in English

travel agencysits 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

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

  1. 1
    A 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "travel agency"?
"travel agency" is spelled T-R-A-V-E-L- -A-G-E-N-C-Y.
What does "travel agency" mean?
As a noun, "travel agency" means: A company that arranges travel and accommodation for travellers.
What is the origin of the word "travel agency"?
From travel + agency. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list