LDC
"ldc" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“LDC” is uncommon English (frequency #70,828 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,828
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of least developed country.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ldc · LDC · English
LDC · rank #70,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,828
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH layaway
Nearest frequency peer: layaway (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “LDC”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- laudanum
laudanum
29,176 corpus weight
- laughingsto…
laughingstock
29,175 corpus weight
- layaway
layaway
29,174 corpus weight
- LDC
LDC
29,173 corpus weight
- Lemay
Lemay
29,172 corpus weight
- Lewisville
Lewisville
29,171 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “LDC” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | LDC |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #70,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “LDC” in English
Rare enough to double-check
LDC is uncommon English at frequency #70,828 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for LDC in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is LDC, spelled L-D-C.
Definition
- 1Initialism of least developed country.
- 2Initialism of less developed country.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how LDC appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Desperate to avoid any substantive redistribution of power and resources, Kissinger sought to change the narrative about inequality altogether, hoping to convince the LDCs to abandon their demands for global political reform and settle for aid handouts instead.
“The key responsibility here falls on the UK,” Hopewell said. “In order to prevent a major drop in LDC (least developed country) exports, it urgently needs to replicate the terms of the EU GSP and the EBA treaty and ensure that these arrangements are in place before the UK leaves the EU on March 29.”
This word in other languages
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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