laughing gear
"laughing-gear" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laughing gear” 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) - The mouth.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laughing-gear · laughing gear · English
laughing gear · 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 | laughing gear |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “laughing gear” in English
Rare enough to double-check
laughing gear is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The mouth.".
No misspelling variants are generated for laughing gear in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 laughing gear, spelled L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G- -G-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1The mouth.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laughing gear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2005, Brian Castro, The Garden Book, Giramond Publishing, NSW, page 110, His dumb face made me believe him. I told him if he saw anything unusual to come and tell me. Sure, Mr Damon, he whimpered. Sure, Mr Damon...I could have knocked out his laughing-gear.
Wrap your laughing gear around these luscious Lebanese swamis (meat and spice wrapped in Lebanese bread).
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.