lambie
"lambie" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lambie” is uncommon English (frequency #73,365 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,365
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lamb.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lambie · lambie · English
lambie · rank #73,365 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,365
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lackadaisical
Nearest frequency peer: lackadaisical (-2 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 “lambie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- kuku
kuku
26,640 corpus weight
- lackadaisic…
lackadaisical
26,638 corpus weight
- lambie
lambie
26,636 corpus weight
- Lankford
Lankford
26,634 corpus weight
- Lawlor
Lawlor
26,633 corpus weight
- laxity
laxity
26,632 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lambie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lambie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lambie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lambie is uncommon English at frequency #73,365 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lamb.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lambie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lamb + -ie. The correct English form is lambie, spelled L-A-M-B-I-E.
Definition
- 1A lamb.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lambie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Your lambies aren't lambies anymore, but they're pining for you just the same, and I'll drop them off on my way back if you want.
The part I don't like about sheep and wool festivals? The part where the little lambies aren't considered part of the fiber-bearing aspect but as part of the snack-food aspect. Lambies on a stick or ground up into sausage are not nearly as much fun to imagine as gamboling lambies waiting happily to be shorn.
Etymology
From lamb + -ie.
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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