website
/ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/
"website" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“website” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #860 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #860
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | website |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “website” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for website is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #860 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for website, with forms such as "ewbsite", "wbesite", and "webbsite". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Webster", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From web + site. The correct English form is website, spelled W-E-B-S-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.
Etymology
From web + site.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ewbsite,wbesite,webbsite,webiste,websiet,websitte,webssite,webstie,wesbite,wwebsite
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of website - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “website”
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.
- Don't mix it up with “Webster” - see the side-by-side comparison. website vs Webster
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.