lentil-weaver

noun

"lentil-weaver" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“lentil-weaver” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person.

Corpus desk

Index EN-lentil-weaver · lentil-weaver · English

lentil-weaver · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for lentil-weaver
PropertyValue
Headwordlentil-weaver
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “lentil-weaver” in English

lentil-weaversits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lentil-weaver is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for lentil-weaver in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: See lentil-weaving. The correct English form is lentil-weaver, spelled L-E-N-T-I-L---W-E-A-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lentil-weaver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Even in those lentil-weaving, middle-class homes that don't have a television set, there are computers; and rare indeed is the lentil-weaver who has never slipped an allegedly educational DVD into the laptop in order to buy herself half an hour's peace.
  2. Bigots grow old. As do lentil weavers. As do you. Trite but true.

Etymology

See lentil-weaving.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lentil-weaver"?
"lentil-weaver" is spelled L-E-N-T-I-L---W-E-A-V-E-R.
What does "lentil-weaver" mean?
As a noun, "lentil-weaver" means: A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person.
What is the origin of the word "lentil-weaver"?
See lentil-weaving. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list