web site
/ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/
"web-site" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“web site” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of website.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | web site |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “web site” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for web site is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Alternative 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.
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Using “web site”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-E-B- -S-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.