Langmuir
"langmuir" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Langmuir” is uncommon English (frequency #75,140 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,140
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-langmuir · Langmuir · English
Langmuir · rank #75,140 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,140
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH lanolin
Nearest frequency peer: lanolin (+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 “Langmuir”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lafontaine
Lafontaine
24,866 corpus weight
- Lalit
Lalit
24,864 corpus weight
- Langmuir
Langmuir
24,861 corpus weight
- lanolin
lanolin
24,860 corpus weight
- Larne
Larne
24,858 corpus weight
- LDAP
LDAP
24,855 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Langmuir” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Langmuir |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Langmuir” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Langmuir is uncommon English at frequency #75,140 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Langmuir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Scottish; see lang (“long”), muir (“moor”). The correct English form is Langmuir, spelled L-A-N-G-M-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2An eastern suburb of Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6774).
Etymology
Scottish; see lang (“long”), muir (“moor”).
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Langmuir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 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.