World Cup
"world-cup" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“World Cup” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative letter-case form of world cup, usually used as part of a proper noun, e.g. the Beer Pong World Cup or World Cup of Freckle Counting.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | World Cup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “World Cup” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
World Cup is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative letter-case form of world cup, usually used as part of a proper noun, e.g. the Beer Pong World Cup or World Cup of Freckle Counting.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for World Cup in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is World Cup, spelled W-O-R-L-D- -C-U-P.
Definition
- 1Alternative letter-case form of world cup, usually used as part of a proper noun, e.g. the Beer Pong World Cup or World Cup of Freckle Counting.
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 “World Cup”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-O-R-L-D- -C-U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.