web browser
/ˈwɛbˌbɹaʊ.zə(ɹ)/
"web-browser" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“web browser” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.
Corpus desk
Index EN-web-browser · web browser · English
web browser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | web browser |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɛbˌbɹaʊ.zə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “web browser” in English
Rare enough to double-check
web browser is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɛbˌbɹaʊ.zə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.".
web browser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is web browser, spelled W-E-B- -B-R-O-W-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how web browser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A web browser interprets an HTML document to display a web page. Popular web browsers are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.
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.