labyrinthine
/ˌlab.əˈɹɪn.θʌɪn/
"labyrinthine" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“labyrinthine” is uncommon English (frequency #57,503 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,503
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
Corpus desk
Index EN-labyrinthine · labyrinthine · English
labyrinthine · rank #57,503 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,503
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Kwa
Nearest frequency peer: Kwa (-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 “labyrinthine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kuching
Kuching
42,502 corpus weight
- kudo
kudo
42,501 corpus weight
- Kwa
Kwa
42,499 corpus weight
- labyrinthine
labyrinthine
42,498 corpus weight
- Lahey
Lahey
42,497 corpus weight
- Lanzarote
Lanzarote
42,495 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “labyrinthine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | labyrinthine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌlab.əˈɹɪn.θʌɪn/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #57,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “labyrinthine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
labyrinthine is uncommon English at frequency #57,503 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌlab.əˈɹɪn.θʌɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for labyrinthine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From labyrinth + -ine from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”). The correct English form is labyrinthine, spelled L-A-B-Y-R-I-N-T-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
- 2Relating to the labyrinth of the inner ear.
- 3Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how labyrinthine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As our train to Paris dashed through the labyrynthine flyovers at Porchefontaine, barely a mile from Versailles, the 75 m.p.h. limit was already almost attained.
In the pyloric canal, muscular ridges are more fixed than elsewhere and produce quite a labyrinthine surface.
Etymology
From labyrinth + -ine from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”).
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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