job lot
"job-lot" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“job lot” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large quantity of cheap items.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | job lot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “job lot” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for job lot is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for job lot in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Early 19th century. From job + lot (“one or more items auctioned or sold as a unit”). The first part is possibly from Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”). The correct English form is job lot, spelled J-O-B- -L-O-T.
Definition
- 1A large quantity of cheap items.
- 2A quantity of miscellaneous items sold together.
Etymology
Early 19th century. From job + lot (“one or more items auctioned or sold as a unit”). The first part is possibly from Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”).
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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Using “job lot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-O-B- -L-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.