life-buoy
"life-buoy" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“life-buoy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of life buoy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | life-buoy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “life-buoy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
life-buoy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of life buoy.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for life-buoy, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is life-buoy, spelled L-I-F-E---B-U-O-Y.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of life buoy.
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.
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Using “life-buoy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-F-E---B-U-O-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.