Laughton
"laughton" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Laughton” is uncommon English (frequency #64,490 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,490
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A placename:
Corpus desk
Index EN-laughton · Laughton · English
Laughton · rank #64,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,490
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH laughably
Nearest frequency peer: laughably (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Laughton”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lampoon
lampoon
35,514 corpus weight
- Landa
Landa
35,513 corpus weight
- laughably
laughably
35,512 corpus weight
- Laughton
Laughton
35,511 corpus weight
- Laz
Laz
35,510 corpus weight
- lek
lek
35,509 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Laughton” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laughton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Laughton” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Laughton is uncommon English at frequency #64,490 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Laughton, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English lēac (“leek”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The correct English form is Laughton, spelled L-A-U-G-H-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A placename:
- 2A placename:
- 3A placename:
- 4A placename:
- 5A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
From Old English lēac (“leek”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.