lakin
/ˈleɪkɪn/
"lakin" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lakin” is uncommon English (frequency #82,475 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,475
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A toy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lakin · lakin · English
lakin · rank #82,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,475
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Laertes
Nearest frequency peer: Laertes (-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 “lakin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa
17,529 corpus weight
- Laertes
Laertes
17,527 corpus weight
- lakin
lakin
17,526 corpus weight
- Lamotte
Lamotte
17,525 corpus weight
- larkspur
larkspur
17,524 corpus weight
- Lassa
Lassa
17,523 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lakin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lakin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈleɪkɪn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lakin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lakin is uncommon English at frequency #82,475 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈleɪkɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A toy.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lakin, 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps from Old Norse leika. The correct English form is lakin, spelled L-A-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1A toy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lakin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And the gay lakin, mistress Fitton, mount and cry O, and his dainty birdsnies, lady Penelope Rich, a clean quality woman is suited for a player, and the punks of the bankside, a penny a time.
Etymology
Perhaps from Old Norse leika.
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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