LGBT
/ɛl d͡ʒiː biː tiː/
"lgbt" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“LGBT” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,704. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,704
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lgbt · LGBT · English
LGBT · rank #6,704 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,704
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH joking
Nearest frequency peer: joking (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “LGBT”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Jesse
Jesse
93,300 corpus weight
- joins
joins
93,299 corpus weight
- joking
joking
93,298 corpus weight
- LGBT
LGBT
93,297 corpus weight
- likewise
likewise
93,296 corpus weight
- lineup
lineup
93,295 corpus weight
What this shows “LGBT” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | LGBT |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛl d͡ʒiː biː tiː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “LGBT”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around LGBT (IPA /ɛl d͡ʒiː biː tiː/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,704 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for LGBT, with forms such as "glbt", "lbgt", and "lgbbt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lt", "lot", "lit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual, derived from earlier LGB. Attested since 1988. Used as a self-designation in United States gay rights activism since about 1990. The correct English form is LGBT, spelled L-G-B-T.
Definition
- 1Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how LGBT appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This differential treatment in both the community of culture and mainstream white LGBT community may lead some LGBT people of colour to experience varying degrees of visibility and invisibility within these communities, and their identity as a^([sic]) LGBT person may change depending on the cultural context.
In a restaurant in Changsha, the capital of central China's Hunan province, Hu Mingliang and Sun Wenlin exchanged their wedding rings, and received blessings from over 200 friends, relatives, as well as LGBT rights activists from around the country.
Etymology
Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual, derived from earlier LGB. Attested since 1988. Used as a self-designation in United States gay rights activism since about 1990.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- glbt
- lbgt
- lgbbt
- lgbtt
- lggbt
- lgtb
- llgbt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of LGBT - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "LGBT", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).