Lawrence
/ˈlɒ.ɹəns/
"lawrence" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lawrence” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,248. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,248
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; masculine of Lauren
Corpus desk
Index EN-lawrence · Lawrence · English
Lawrence · rank #4,248 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #4,248
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH laboratory
Nearest frequency peer: laboratory (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Lawrence”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Jon
Jon
95,756 corpus weight
- Jonathan
Jonathan
95,755 corpus weight
- laboratory
laboratory
95,754 corpus weight
- Lawrence
Lawrence
95,753 corpus weight
- Lincoln
Lincoln
95,752 corpus weight
- literary
literary
95,751 corpus weight
What this shows “Lawrence” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lawrence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɒ.ɹəns/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Lawrence”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Lawrence (IPA /ˈlɒ.ɹəns/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,248 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 24 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lawrence, with forms such as "alwrence", "larwence", and "lawernce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Laurence", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: See Laurence. The correct English form is Lawrence, spelled L-A-W-R-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; masculine of Lauren
- 2A surname originating as a patronymic.
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- 24Ellipsis of Lawrence v. Texas, a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex sexual relations; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lawrence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"I named him Lawrence. After my father. Pete, that's my husband, he never really liked the name Lawrence. He thought it wasn't very..." she shut her eyes for a moment, shaking her head slowly, "...very masculine." She opened her eyes and smiled ruefully. " That's a good one, isn't it?"
"My name is Richard Lawrence." Candice thought he had a storybook name. Like Lawrence of Arabia, she said, but what she always called him was Ricky. Just a jump away from Tricky Dicky.
Etymology
See Laurence.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alwrence
- larwence
- lawernce
- lawrance
- lawrecne
- lawrencce
- lawrenec
- lawrennce
- lawrnece
- lawrrence
- lawwrence
- llawrence
- lwarence
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lawrence - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).