lend a hand
"lend-a-hand" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lend a hand” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To help or assist, especially voluntarily.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lend-a-hand · lend a hand · English
lend a hand · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lend a hand |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lend a hand” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lend a hand is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To help or assist, especially voluntarily.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lend a hand in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is lend a hand, spelled L-E-N-D- -A- -H-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1To help or assist, especially voluntarily.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lend a hand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If we all lend a hand, the work will go quickly.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.