laugh at
"laugh-at" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laugh at” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laugh, at.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laugh-at · laugh at · English
laugh at · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | laugh at |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “laugh at” in English
Rare enough to double-check
laugh at is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for laugh at in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is laugh at, spelled L-A-U-G-H- -A-T.
Definition
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laugh, at.
- 2To scorn or tease; to evince contempt or pity for someone, usually contrasted with laugh with.
- 3To act uncaring of or dismissive of (something).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laugh at appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Career criminals laugh at minor punishments like those.
The form-letter rejections laughed at all my hard work.
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.