Lankford
/ˈlæŋkfə(ɹ)d/
"lankford" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lankford” is uncommon English (frequency #73,367 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,367
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lankford · Lankford · English
Lankford · rank #73,367 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,367
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lawlor
Nearest frequency peer: Lawlor (+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 “Lankford”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lackadaisic…
lackadaisical
26,638 corpus weight
- lambie
lambie
26,636 corpus weight
- Lankford
Lankford
26,634 corpus weight
- Lawlor
Lawlor
26,633 corpus weight
- laxity
laxity
26,632 corpus weight
- leftism
leftism
26,631 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lankford” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lankford |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈlæŋkfə(ɹ)d/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lankford” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lankford is uncommon English at frequency #73,367 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈlæŋkfə(ɹ)d/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lankford, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Lankford, spelled L-A-N-K-F-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1A surname.
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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