weather report

noun

"weather-report" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A description, especially one prepared by a governmental or other authority, of past, present or forecasted meteorological conditions for a particular geographical area.

Corpus desk

Index EN-weather-report · weather report · English

weather report · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" 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 weather report
PropertyValue
Headwordweather report
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “weather report” in English

weather reportranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

weather report is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A description, especially one prepared by a governmental or other authority, of past, present or forecasted meteorological conditions for a particular geographical area.".

No misspelling variants are generated for weather report in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is weather report, spelled W-E-A-T-H-E-R- -R-E-P-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A description, especially one prepared by a governmental or other authority, of past, present or forecasted meteorological conditions for a particular geographical area.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I remember a holiday of mine being completely ruined one late autumn by our paying attention to the weather report of the local newspaper.

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 "weather report"?
"weather report" is spelled W-E-A-T-H-E-R- -R-E-P-O-R-T.
What does "weather report" mean?
As a noun, "weather report" means: A description, especially one prepared by a governmental or other authority, of past, present or forecasted meteorological conditions for a particular geographical area.
What language does "weather report" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list