lentigo
/lɛnˈtaɪɡoʊ/
"lentigo" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lentigo” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A brown pigmented spot on the skin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lentigo · lentigo · English
lentigo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | lentigo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɛnˈtaɪɡoʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lentigo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lentigo is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɛnˈtaɪɡoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A brown pigmented spot on the skin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lentigo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin lentīgo. Earliest attestation as Late Middle English lentigines (plural). The correct English form is lentigo, spelled L-E-N-T-I-G-O.
Definition
- 1A brown pigmented spot on the skin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lentigo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] too much lentigo camouflaged her rosy rustic features […]
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lentīgo. Earliest attestation as Late Middle English lentigines (plural).
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.