Check a name is easy to say and spell
Example on a business card
About this tool
Type a brand name for an instant check of where names tend to break in real life.
Use it when
- About to name a shop, product or company
- Customers mishear or misspell it on the phone
- Want to know if the web address is still free
- Checked right on your device
- Domain lookup only when you press
- No sign-up
Renaming later costs more than renaming now
Heard one way, written another
Customers hear a name over the phone or from a friend, then type it to search. Names with d, gi, r or s, x sounds are spelled differently by region, and customers cannot find you.
Dropping accents adds meanings
In web addresses, messages and invoices, names lose their accents. Two different names can become one, or a name can turn into a word with another meaning.
A clashing name is a lost name
If someone has registered the name as a trademark, you may have to change it even if you used it first. Checking before signs and packaging are made is the cheapest.
What people often ask
Will people mishear or misspell the name over the phone?
A name is easy to misspell when it has sounds that are heard alike, such as d and gi, s and x, or the hook and tilde tones in many regions. Type the name and the tool shows where phone listeners may misspell it, the unaccented spelling, short forms, whether the .com address is free, and where to search registered trademarks.
Is the name I type sent anywhere?
The checks run on your device. The name is only sent when you press Check domain, and only to Verisign's public domain lookup server, which manages .com.
Does the tool search trademarks for me?
It gives you direct links to the trademark databases of Vietnam's Intellectual Property Office and WIPO. Read the goods and services classes carefully; ask an intellectual property professional before filing.
Should I drop a name with sounds that are easily misspelled?
Not necessarily. Many strong names have such sounds. What matters is setting one spelling, holding domains and accounts for the common misspellings, and spelling it out when you introduce it.