lacunae
/ləˈkuˌni/
"lacunae" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lacunae” is uncommon English (frequency #91,715 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,715
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of lacuna
Corpus desk
Index EN-lacunae · lacunae · English
lacunae · rank #91,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,715
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Labradoodle
Nearest frequency peer: Labradoodle (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lacunae”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Krane
Krane
8,294 corpus weight
- kys
kys
8,289 corpus weight
- Labradoodle
Labradoodle
8,287 corpus weight
- lacunae
lacunae
8,286 corpus weight
- lambskin
lambskin
8,282 corpus weight
- landform
landform
8,278 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lacunae” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lacunae |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ləˈkuˌni/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lacunae” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lacunae is uncommon English at frequency #91,715 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ləˈkuˌni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of lacuna".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lacunae, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is lacunae, spelled L-A-C-U-N-A-E.
Definition
- 1plural of lacuna
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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