last word
"last-word" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“last word” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.
Corpus desk
Index EN-last-word · last word · English
last word · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | last word |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “last word” in English
Rare enough to double-check
last word is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
last word doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is last word, spelled L-A-S-T- -W-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.
- 2A concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation.
- 3The final statement uttered by a person before death.
- 4A final decision or remark, or the right to make one.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how last word appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Little Joe's mother's cake was the last word in cakes; [...]
Michaelis was the last word in what was caddish and bounderish.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.