liftoff
"liftoff" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“liftoff” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,747. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,747
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liftoff |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liftoff” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around liftoff, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,747 among 16,425 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for liftoff, with forms such as "ilftoff", "lfitoff", and "lifftoff". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from lift off. The correct English form is liftoff, spelled L-I-F-T-O-F-F.
Definition
- 1The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
- 2The point at which a person or animal leaves the ground, as for example when jumping.
- 3The point of launching into success or action.
Etymology
Deverbal from lift off.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilftoff
- lfitoff
- lifftoff
- lifotff
- liftfof
- liftof
- lifttoff
- litfoff
- lliftoff
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liftoff - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “liftoff”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-F-T-O-F-F - 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.