age limit

noun

"age-limit" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“age limit” 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 September 3, 2026) - A restriction placed on an activity based on the age of the participants; either lower or higher limit.

Corpus desk

Index EN-age-limit · age limit · English

age limit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for age limit
PropertyValue
Headwordage limit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “age limit” in English

age limitfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

age limit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A restriction placed on an activity based on the age of the participants; either lower or higher limit.".

No misspelling variants are generated for age limit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is age limit, spelled A-G-E- -L-I-M-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A restriction placed on an activity based on the age of the participants; either lower or higher limit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how age limit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The bar's age limit was 21, so we could not get in.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "age limit"?
"age limit" is spelled A-G-E- -L-I-M-I-T.
What does "age limit" mean?
As a noun, "age limit" means: A restriction placed on an activity based on the age of the participants; either lower or higher limit.
What language does "age limit" come from?
"age limit" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list