headlamp
/ˈhɛdˌlæmp/
"headlamp" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“headlamp” is uncommon English (frequency #51,158 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,158
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-headlamp · headlamp · English
headlamp · rank #51,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,158
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Heffernan
Nearest frequency peer: Heffernan (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “headlamp”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Halpern
Halpern
48,849 corpus weight
- halving
halving
48,848 corpus weight
- handlebar
handlebar
48,847 corpus weight
- headlamp
headlamp
48,843 corpus weight
- Heffernan
Heffernan
48,842 corpus weight
- hillier
hillier
48,837 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “headlamp” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | headlamp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛdˌlæmp/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “headlamp” in English
Rare enough to double-check
headlamp is uncommon English at frequency #51,158 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɛdˌlæmp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for headlamp, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From head + lamp. The correct English form is headlamp, spelled H-E-A-D-L-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.
- 2A flashlight worn on the head.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how headlamp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The automobile headlamp uses either a parabolic reflector or a slight modification of it to obtain a concentrated light beam.
With its long tapered cowcatcher, massive headlamp and enormous diamond smokestack behind, wagon-top boiler, high running-plate above the driving-wheels reached from a front door in the square side-window cab, cylinders with slide valves mounted on top, and double bogie tender, General in its present form is typical of much earlier American locomotive pra…
Etymology
From head + lamp.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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