dear Lord
"dear-lord" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dear Lord” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dear-lord · dear Lord · English
dear Lord · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dear Lord |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dear Lord” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dear Lord is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dear Lord, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is dear Lord, spelled D-E-A-R- -L-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dear Lord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh, dear Lord, how I do miss your po' sister! I never hed to ask her to git anything; she done it without askin'. She wor too good to live, she wor!
We thought he must have been delayed... we thought... dear Lord, he can't be dead.
Synonyms
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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