Lenape
/ləˈnɑːpi/
"lenape" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lenape” is uncommon English (frequency #90,661 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,661
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of a group of aboriginal Americans who were living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the coast of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York H...
Corpus desk
Index EN-lenape · Lenape · English
Lenape · rank #90,661 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,661
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lemaitre
Nearest frequency peer: Lemaitre (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lenape”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- legitimation
legitimation
9,344 corpus weight
- leitmotif
leitmotif
9,343 corpus weight
- Lemaitre
Lemaitre
9,342 corpus weight
- Lenape
Lenape
9,340 corpus weight
- Lewistown
Lewistown
9,338 corpus weight
- limpid
limpid
9,337 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lenape” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lenape |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ləˈnɑːpi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lenape” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lenape is uncommon English at frequency #90,661 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ləˈnɑːpi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a group of aboriginal Americans who were living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the coast of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York H...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lenape, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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: Borrowed from Unami Lënape / lënape. The correct English form is Lenape, spelled L-E-N-A-P-E.
Definition
- 1A member of a group of aboriginal Americans who were living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the coast of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York Harbor in New York, at the time of the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lenape appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Endless generations of Lenape stretching down the lines of the past—changed, though not destroyed, by colonialism.
Etymology
Borrowed from Unami Lënape / lënape.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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