# lamp

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlæ̞mp/ · frequency rank #6,586

## Definitions
1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

## Etymology
From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-vat”).

## Easily confused with
- **LP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lp)
- **LM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lm)
- **law** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-law)
- **lay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lay)
- **las** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-las)
- **lap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lap)
- **lip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lip)
- **LAN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lan)
- **lax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lax)
- **lim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lim)
- **Lao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lao)
- **Lau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lau)
- **LAT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lat)
- **LEM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lem)
- **lar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lar)
- **lop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lop)
- **LDP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-ldp)
- **lum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lum)
- **lav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-lav)
- **last** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamp-vs-last)

## Common misspellings (6)
`almp`, `lammp`, `lampp`, `lapm`, `llamp`, `lmap`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lamp