lamentations
/ˌlæm.ənˈteɪ.ʃənz/
"lamentations" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lamentations” is uncommon English (frequency #54,295 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,295
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of lamentation
Corpus desk
Index EN-lamentations · lamentations · English
lamentations · rank #54,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,295
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH Laroche
Nearest frequency peer: Laroche (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lamentations”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kokoro
kokoro
45,713 corpus weight
- Krishnan
Krishnan
45,712 corpus weight
- lamentations
lamentations
45,706 corpus weight
- Laroche
Laroche
45,705 corpus weight
- Lata
Lata
45,704 corpus weight
- leggy
leggy
45,700 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lamentations” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lamentations |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌlæm.ənˈteɪ.ʃənz/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lamentations” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lamentations is uncommon English at frequency #54,295 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌlæm.ənˈteɪ.ʃənz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of lamentation".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lamentations, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is lamentations, spelled L-A-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of lamentation
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.