in two shakes of a lamb's tail
"in-two-shakes-of-a-lamb-s-tail" is a 23-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“in two shakes of a lamb's tail” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 30
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of in two shakes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-in-two-shakes-of-a-lamb- · in two shakes of a lamb's tail · English
in two shakes of a lamb's tail · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 30 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 two shakes of a lamb's tail |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 30 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “in two shakes of a lamb's tail” in English
Rare enough to double-check
in two shakes of a lamb's tail is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of in two shakes.".
No misspelling variants are generated for in two shakes of a lamb's tail in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is in two shakes of a lamb's tail, spelled I-N- -T-W-O- -S-H-A-K-E-S- -O-F- -A- -L-A-M-B-'-S- -T-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1Synonym of in two shakes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how in two shakes of a lamb's tail appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
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.