visiting card
"visiting-card" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“visiting card” 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 written card which identifies the bearer, presented for introduction when attending a business meeting or formal social gathering.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | visiting card |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “visiting card” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
visiting card is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A written card which identifies the bearer, presented for introduction when attending a business meeting or formal social gathering.".
No misspelling variants are generated for visiting card in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is visiting card, spelled V-I-S-I-T-I-N-G- -C-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A written card which identifies the bearer, presented for introduction when attending a business meeting or formal social gathering.
Synonyms
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 “visiting card”
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- The one correct English spelling is V-I-S-I-T-I-N-G- -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.