“I need to login to the portal.”
Usage Entry 1126 / 1350 60-second read
Log in (verb) vs. Login (noun)
Two-word verb versus one-word noun.
The comparisoni
“I need to log in to the portal. (My login is jane@example.com.)”
The ruleii
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LOG IN (verb). LOGIN (noun).
LOG IN is the action — two words (I log in, I logged in). LOGIN is the noun — the credentials or the page. Same pattern: LOG OUT vs LOGOUT, SET UP vs SETUP, BACK UP vs BACKUP.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Verb = two words. Noun = one.