webmail
"webmail" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“webmail” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A service for sending, receiving, and/or storing email, usually on a remote web server, in such a way that it is accessible through a web browser.
Corpus desk
Index EN-webmail · webmail · English
webmail · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | webmail |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “webmail” in English
Rare enough to double-check
webmail is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
webmail doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From web + mail. The correct English form is webmail, spelled W-E-B-M-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1A service for sending, receiving, and/or storing email, usually on a remote web server, in such a way that it is accessible through a web browser.
- 2The email thus stored.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how webmail appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail are well-known webmail services.
I'm going to check my webmail.
Etymology
From web + mail.
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.