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 May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of lawnmower.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lawn mower |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lawn mower” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “lawn mower”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-A-W-N- -M-O-W-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.