LGB
"lgb" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“LGB” is uncommon English (frequency #63,042 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,042
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lgb · LGB · English
LGB · rank #63,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,042
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH licensor
Nearest frequency peer: licensor (+1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “LGB”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kuang
Kuang
36,968 corpus weight
- LGB
LGB
36,959 corpus weight
- licensor
licensor
36,958 corpus weight
- Linlithgow
Linlithgow
36,955 corpus weight
- linotype
linotype
36,954 corpus weight
- Llorente
Llorente
36,952 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “LGB” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | LGB |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #63,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “LGB” in English
Rare enough to double-check
LGB is uncommon English at frequency #63,042 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for LGB, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is LGB, spelled L-G-B.
Definition
- 1Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how LGB appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is no LGB movement. Not one that doesn't stand side by side with trans people. Speaking as a bisexual guy, no less is acceptable, and you definitely don't speak for me.[…]
Having both cis LGB and trans friends, I know well that some families will accept a gay child but refuse to accept a trans one: the change in names, pronouns and physicality is simply too overwhelming for them to embrace.
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.
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