Lavin
"lavin" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lavin” is uncommon English (frequency #65,255 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,255
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lavin · Lavin · English
Lavin · rank #65,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,255
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lage
Nearest frequency peer: lage (-3 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Lavin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kucinich
Kucinich
34,752 corpus weight
- lacuna
lacuna
34,750 corpus weight
- lage
lage
34,749 corpus weight
- Lavin
Lavin
34,746 corpus weight
- leaven
leaven
34,743 corpus weight
- Lederer
Lederer
34,742 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lavin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lavin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lavin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lavin is uncommon English at frequency #65,255 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Lavin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Various origins: * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Láimhín, variant of Ó Flaithimhín (“descendant of Flaithimín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of flaith (“ruler”). * English metronymic surname from the medieval female given name Lavina, f… The correct English form is Lavin, spelled L-A-V-I-N.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Various origins: * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Láimhín, variant of Ó Flaithimhín (“descendant of Flaithimín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of flaith (“ruler”). * English metronymic surname from the medieval female given name Lavina, from Latin Lavinia. * Borrowed from Spanish Lavín, a habitational surname from a place near Santander. * Respelling of Lavigne.
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.
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