lambasting
"lambasting" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lambasting” is uncommon English (frequency #86,447 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,447
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A harsh reprimand.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lambasting · lambasting · English
lambasting · rank #86,447 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,447
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lainey
Nearest frequency peer: Lainey (-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 “lambasting”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lainey
Lainey
13,555 corpus weight
- lambasting
lambasting
13,554 corpus weight
- lamellar
lamellar
13,553 corpus weight
- lamin
lamin
13,552 corpus weight
- landsman
landsman
13,551 corpus weight
- Leanna
Leanna
13,549 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lambasting” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lambasting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lambasting” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lambasting is uncommon English at frequency #86,447 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lambasting in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is lambasting, spelled L-A-M-B-A-S-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A harsh reprimand.
- 2A beating or thrashing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lambasting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Republicans, churches, and moneyed interests were the chief recipients of these lambastings, along with blacks and anyone responsible for bringing the Philippine Islands under American control.
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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