lap of luxury

noun

"lap-of-luxury" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“lap of luxury” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A position or situation in which one is spoiled and indulged.

Corpus desk

Index EN-lap-of-luxury · lap of luxury · English

lap of luxury · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for lap of luxury
PropertyValue
Headwordlap of luxury
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “lap of luxury” in English

lap of luxuryranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lap of luxury is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A position or situation in which one is spoiled and indulged.".

Zero misspellings are on record for lap of luxury in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is lap of luxury, spelled L-A-P- -O-F- -L-U-X-U-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A position or situation in which one is spoiled and indulged.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lap of luxury appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Now dear, I hope my daughter has warned you we are not exactly living of of ^([sic]) the lap of luxury you might say. […] Now I want you to prepare yourself right now because I am certain it is not the kind of surroundings you are used to from where you come from, dear.
  2. You'd think being born into the lap of luxury would encourage indolence, but that's not the case for Kilian Hennessy[…].

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lap of luxury"?
"lap of luxury" is spelled L-A-P- -O-F- -L-U-X-U-R-Y.
What does "lap of luxury" mean?
As a noun, "lap of luxury" means: A position or situation in which one is spoiled and indulged.
What language does "lap of luxury" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list