lakefront
/ˈleɪkˌfɹʌnt/
"lakefront" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lakefront” is uncommon English (frequency #53,058 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,058
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adjacent to a lake. Usually used to describe real estate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lakefront · lakefront · English
lakefront · rank #53,058 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,058
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH laminar
Nearest frequency peer: laminar (+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 “lakefront”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Knowlton
Knowlton
46,949 corpus weight
- Kogan
Kogan
46,947 corpus weight
- Kurosawa
Kurosawa
46,946 corpus weight
- Kurtis
Kurtis
46,945 corpus weight
- lakefront
lakefront
46,943 corpus weight
- laminar
laminar
46,942 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lakefront” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lakefront |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈleɪkˌfɹʌnt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lakefront” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lakefront is uncommon English at frequency #53,058 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈleɪkˌfɹʌnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Adjacent to a lake. Usually used to describe real estate.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lakefront, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lake + front. The correct English form is lakefront, spelled L-A-K-E-F-R-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1Adjacent to a lake. Usually used to describe real estate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lakefront appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lakefront property is very expensive because many people want access to the water for recreation.
Etymology
From lake + front.
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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