Lapp
"lapp" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lapp” is uncommon English (frequency #83,443 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,443
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lapp · Lapp · English
Lapp · rank #83,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,443
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lancastrian
Nearest frequency peer: Lancastrian (-2 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 “Lapp”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lalla
lalla
16,563 corpus weight
- Lampedusa
Lampedusa
16,562 corpus weight
- Lancastrian
Lancastrian
16,560 corpus weight
- Lapp
Lapp
16,558 corpus weight
- laudatory
laudatory
16,556 corpus weight
- laughingly
laughingly
16,555 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lapp” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lapp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #83,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lapp” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lapp is uncommon English at frequency #83,443 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.".
Lapp has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Swedish lapp, possibly of Finnish origin. Compare Finnish Lappi. The correct English form is Lapp, spelled L-A-P-P.
Definition
- 1An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.
Etymology
From Swedish lapp, possibly of Finnish origin. Compare Finnish Lappi.
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); 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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