lawn mower
"lawn-mower" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lawn mower” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of lawnmower.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lawn-mower · lawn mower · English
lawn mower · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | lawn mower |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lawn mower” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lawn mower is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of lawnmower.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lawn mower, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is lawn mower, spelled L-A-W-N- -M-O-W-E-R.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of lawnmower.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lawn mower appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aside from his interest in the above company, Mr. Johnson is president of the Pastime Lawn Mower Co. and the International Specialty Co
1900 Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page - The World's Work ...: A History of Our Time The tractor is so simple that any boy or girl may operate it, walk-ing and steering it as if it were a lawn mower, but without pushing
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.