leasehold
"leasehold" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leasehold” is uncommon English (frequency #52,449 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,449
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of an estate in land, held for a term of years absolute by a lessee or tenant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-leasehold · leasehold · English
leasehold · rank #52,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,449
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lech
Nearest frequency peer: lech (+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 “leasehold”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- latrine
latrine
47,555 corpus weight
- leasehold
leasehold
47,552 corpus weight
- lech
lech
47,551 corpus weight
- legwork
legwork
47,550 corpus weight
- leng
leng
47,549 corpus weight
- liaise
liaise
47,546 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “leasehold” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leasehold |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “leasehold” in English
Rare enough to double-check
leasehold is uncommon English at frequency #52,449 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of an estate in land, held for a term of years absolute by a lessee or tenant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for leasehold in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lease + hold. The correct English form is leasehold, spelled L-E-A-S-E-H-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Of an estate in land, held for a term of years absolute by a lessee or tenant.
Etymology
From lease + hold.
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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