age limit
"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
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | age limit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “age limit” in English
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
- 1A restriction placed on an activity based on the age of the participants; either lower or higher limit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how age limit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.