waitlist
/ˈweɪtˌlɪst/
"waitlist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“waitlist” is uncommon English (frequency #66,393 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,393
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A waiting list.
Corpus desk
Index EN-waitlist · waitlist · English
waitlist · rank #66,393 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,393
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH washboard
Nearest frequency peer: washboard (+3 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “waitlist”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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33,612 corpus weight
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33,608 corpus weight
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33,605 corpus weight
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33,604 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “waitlist” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waitlist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈweɪtˌlɪst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “waitlist” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
waitlist is uncommon English at frequency #66,393 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈweɪtˌlɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A waiting list.".
waitlist doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wait + list. The correct English form is waitlist, spelled W-A-I-T-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A waiting list.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how waitlist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We’ve already had kids get off waitlists at N.Y.U., B.U., Fairfield and Quinnipiac.”
Etymology
From wait + list.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.