landlubber
/ˈlænd.lʌ.bə/
"landlubber" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“landlubber” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.
Corpus desk
Index EN-landlubber · landlubber · English
landlubber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | landlubber |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlænd.lʌ.bə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “landlubber” in English
Rare enough to double-check
landlubber is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlænd.lʌ.bə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.".
landlubber doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Extension (with land) of earlier lubber. Compare also landloper. The correct English form is landlubber, spelled L-A-N-D-L-U-B-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how landlubber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the making of sheathing and ship's pumps. This last rather unmarine field included more than a third of the patents before 1800, which may be one explanation for the predominance of landlubbers in early marine patenting.
Etymology
Extension (with land) of earlier lubber. Compare also landloper.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.