lakh
/lɑkʰ/
"lakh" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lakh” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,258. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,258
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lakh · lakh · English
lakh · rank #21,258 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,258
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH leakage
Nearest frequency peer: leakage (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “lakh”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- kneel
kneel
78,746 corpus weight
- Knowles
Knowles
78,745 corpus weight
- lakh
lakh
78,743 corpus weight
- leakage
leakage
78,742 corpus weight
- liberate
liberate
78,741 corpus weight
- LOC
LOC
78,739 corpus weight
What this shows “lakh” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lakh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /lɑkʰ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lakh”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around lakh (IPA /lɑkʰ/), anumeral. Corpus frequency is #21,258 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for lakh, with forms such as "alkh", "lahk", and "lakhh". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "law", "lay", "las", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani लाख or لاکھ (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa), from लक्ष् (lakṣ, “to mark; to sign; to observe, perceive”), possibly from रक्ष् (rakṣ, “to observe (a duty, law, etc.); to guard, protect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek… The correct English form is lakh, spelled L-A-K-H.
Definition
- 1One hundred thousand (10⁵): 100,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,000.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lakh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Holonym: crore
They ſay the VVorld ſhall laſt foure Ages; or VVorlds, vvhereof three are paſt. The firſt laſted ſeuenteene Laches (euery Laches containeth a hundred thouſand yeares) and 28000 yeares. Men in that VVorld liued tenne thouſand yeares, vvere of great ſtature of bodie, and great ſinceritie of minde.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani लाख or لاکھ (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa), from लक्ष् (lakṣ, “to mark; to sign; to observe, perceive”), possibly from रक्ष् (rakṣ, “to observe (a duty, law, etc.); to guard, protect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alkh
- lahk
- lakhh
- lakkh
- lkah
- llakh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lakh - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).