lap of luxury
"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
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 | lap of luxury |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lap of luxury” in English
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
- 1A position or situation in which one is spoiled and indulged.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lap of luxury appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.