lampshade
/ˈlæmp.ʃeɪd/
"lampshade" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lampshade” is uncommon English (frequency #69,190 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,190
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lampshade · lampshade · English
lampshade · rank #69,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,190
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lafleur
Nearest frequency peer: Lafleur (-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 “lampshade”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- koro
koro
30,816 corpus weight
- Lafleur
Lafleur
30,812 corpus weight
- lampshade
lampshade
30,811 corpus weight
- Lancs
Lancs
30,810 corpus weight
- Langlois
Langlois
30,809 corpus weight
- lapdog
lapdog
30,808 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lampshade” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lampshade |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlæmp.ʃeɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lampshade” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lampshade is uncommon English at frequency #69,190 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlæmp.ʃeɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lampshade, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lamp + shade. The verb sense comes from the idea of making something more conspicuous by hanging a lampshade on it. The correct English form is lampshade, spelled L-A-M-P-S-H-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lampshade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was all very well, this Bohemianism of red lamp-shades and cigarettes, but in the cold grey light that filtered through Partridge's grimy windows it did not show to any great advantage.
Etymology
From lamp + shade. The verb sense comes from the idea of making something more conspicuous by hanging a lampshade on it.
This word in other languages
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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