lie through one's teeth
"lie-through-one-s-teeth" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lie through one's teeth” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To tell an obvious untruth.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lie-through-one-s-teeth · lie through one's teeth · English
lie through one's teeth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | lie through one's teeth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lie through one's teeth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lie through one's teeth is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To tell an obvious untruth.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lie through one's teeth in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is lie through one's teeth, spelled L-I-E- -T-H-R-O-U-G-H- -O-N-E-'-S- -T-E-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1To tell an obvious untruth.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lie through one's teeth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When a politician claims he can lower taxes without cutting spending, he's lying through his teeth.
This word in other languages
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.