web site

/ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/

//ˈwɛbˌsaɪt// noun

"web-site" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of website.

Corpus desk

Index EN-web-site · web site · English

web site · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 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.

Key facts for web site
PropertyValue
Headwordweb site
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “web site” sits in English frequency

web sitesits 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

web site is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of website.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for web site, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 site, spelled W-E-B- -S-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of website.

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 "web site"?
"web site" is spelled W-E-B- -S-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/.
What does "web site" mean?
As a noun, "web site" means: Alternative form of website.
How do you pronounce "web site"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "web site" is /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "web site" come from?
"web site" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list