Leghorn
/ˈlɛɡhɔːn/
"leghorn" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Leghorn” is uncommon English (frequency #76,056 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,056
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The city of Livorno in Italy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-leghorn · Leghorn · English
Leghorn · rank #76,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,056
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lebeau
Nearest frequency peer: Lebeau (-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 “Leghorn”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Largs
Largs
23,948 corpus weight
- laters
laters
23,947 corpus weight
- Lebeau
Lebeau
23,946 corpus weight
- Leghorn
Leghorn
23,945 corpus weight
- Lehi
Lehi
23,944 corpus weight
- Letterkenny
Letterkenny
23,942 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Leghorn” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leghorn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɛɡhɔːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Leghorn” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Leghorn is uncommon English at frequency #76,056 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈlɛɡhɔːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The city of Livorno in Italy.".
Leghorn has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old Italian Legorno, from Latin Liburnus, from Liburnī, name of the ancient population of Liburnians. Doublet of Livorno. The correct English form is Leghorn, spelled L-E-G-H-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1The city of Livorno in Italy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Leghorn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leghorn was the nearest port of consequence, […] the most likely of any in Italy to assist their plan. (III, ix)
Etymology
From Old Italian Legorno, from Latin Liburnus, from Liburnī, name of the ancient population of Liburnians. Doublet of Livorno.
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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