lengthsome
"lengthsome" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lengthsome” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of significant length; long; lengthy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lengthsome · lengthsome · English
lengthsome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | lengthsome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lengthsome” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lengthsome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of significant length; long; lengthy.".
lengthsome doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From length + -some. The correct English form is lengthsome, spelled L-E-N-G-T-H-S-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Of significant length; long; lengthy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lengthsome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] and of course I planned a number of schemes for making it, when the time should come, duly effective and elegant. I pined to learn something of her during the lengthsome days of absence.
Etymology
From length + -some.
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.