in the light of
"in-the-light-of" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“in the light of” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the illumination from (a source of light).
Corpus desk
Index EN-in-the-light-of · in the light of · English
in the light of · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | in the light of |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “in the light of” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
in the light of is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for in the light of, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 in the light of, spelled I-N- -T-H-E- -L-I-G-H-T- -O-F.
Definition
- 1In the illumination from (a source of light).
- 2Based on conclusions derived from (a source of knowledge, evidence or inspiration).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how in the light of appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the light of the Sun
2007, Lawrence A. Hoffman (editor), My People′s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries, Volume 1: The Sh′ma and Its Blessings, page 51, The angels lived endlessly in the light of God′s chariot, praising God by saying “Holy, Holy, Holy,” just as Isaiah had seen.
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