laugh-out-loud

adj

"laugh-out-loud" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“laugh-out-loud” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - very funny; causing the listener to laugh aloud

Corpus desk

Index EN-laugh-out-loud · laugh-out-loud · English

laugh-out-loud · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for laugh-out-loud
PropertyValue
Headwordlaugh-out-loud
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “laugh-out-loud” in English

laugh-out-loudsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

laugh-out-loud is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "very funny; causing the listener to laugh aloud".

laugh-out-loud doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is laugh-out-loud, spelled L-A-U-G-H---O-U-T---L-O-U-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    very funny; causing the listener to laugh aloud

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how laugh-out-loud appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Readers are treated to a tilt-a-whirl of emotions and imagery, ranging from laugh-out-loud comedy, to the brooding tragedy typical of Brown's work."

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 "laugh-out-loud"?
"laugh-out-loud" is spelled L-A-U-G-H---O-U-T---L-O-U-D.
What does "laugh-out-loud" mean?
As an adjective, "laugh-out-loud" means: very funny; causing the listener to laugh aloud
What language does "laugh-out-loud" come from?
"laugh-out-loud" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list