LGBTQA
"lgbtqa" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“LGBTQA” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and allies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lgbtqa · LGBTQA · English
LGBTQA · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | LGBTQA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “LGBTQA” in English
Rare enough to double-check
LGBTQA is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and allies.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for LGBTQA, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is LGBTQA, spelled L-G-B-T-Q-A.
Definition
- 1Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and allies.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how LGBTQA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Using the relatively new term "queer" and the acronym "LGBTQA" (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, allies) was itself a challenge to the established leadership of the community.
In Chapter 7, we learned that the A in LGBTQA referred to allies—heterosexual individuals who support and identify with, and are accepted by, members of sexual minority groups.
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.