lawn mower

noun

"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

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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 lawn mower
PropertyValue
Headwordlawn mower
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “lawn mower” in English

lawn mowerranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

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

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of lawnmower.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lawn mower appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Aside from his interest in the above company, Mr. Johnson is president of the Pastime Lawn Mower Co. and the International Specialty Co
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lawn mower"?
"lawn mower" is spelled L-A-W-N- -M-O-W-E-R.
What does "lawn mower" mean?
As a noun, "lawn mower" means: Alternative spelling of lawnmower.
What language does "lawn mower" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list