lack-laughter
"lack-laughter" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lack-laughter” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cheerless; sombre; serious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lack-laughter · lack-laughter · English
lack-laughter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lack-laughter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lack-laughter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lack-laughter is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cheerless; sombre; serious.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lack-laughter, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lack + laughter. The correct English form is lack-laughter, spelled L-A-C-K---L-A-U-G-H-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Cheerless; sombre; serious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lack-laughter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The lack-laughter sangfroid of the parſon was the conſtant topic of his ridicule, and he complained that whenever I appeared I caſt a gloom over the mirth of his company.
[…] many force / Lack-laughter faces to relax / Into the soft lines traced by joy.
Etymology
From lack + laughter.
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.