laconic
/ləˈkɒnɪk/
"laconic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laconic” is uncommon English (frequency #60,225 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,225
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Communicative through the use of as few words as possible.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laconic · laconic · English
laconic · rank #60,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,225
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Kyla
Nearest frequency peer: Kyla (-2 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 “laconic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Krav
Krav
39,781 corpus weight
- Kyla
Kyla
39,778 corpus weight
- laconic
laconic
39,776 corpus weight
- lamentation
lamentation
39,774 corpus weight
- Laotian
Laotian
39,773 corpus weight
- lateness
lateness
39,772 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “laconic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laconic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ləˈkɒnɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “laconic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
laconic is uncommon English at frequency #60,225 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ləˈkɒnɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
laconic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Lacōnicus (“Spartan”), from Ancient Greek Λακωνικός (Lakōnikós, “Laconian”). Laconia was the region inhabited and ruled by the Spartans, who were known for their brevity in speech. The correct English form is laconic, spelled L-A-C-O-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Communicative through the use of as few words as possible.
- 2Communicating through the use of as few words as possible.
- 3Laidback; casual; not intense.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laconic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: brief
Near-synonyms: taciturn, untalkative, terse, quiet, spartan
Etymology
From Latin Lacōnicus (“Spartan”), from Ancient Greek Λακωνικός (Lakōnikós, “Laconian”). Laconia was the region inhabited and ruled by the Spartans, who were known for their brevity in speech.
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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