ligatures
/ˈlɪɡət͡ʃɚz/
"ligatures" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ligatures” is uncommon English (frequency #69,211 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,211
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of ligature
Corpus desk
Index EN-ligatures · ligatures · English
ligatures · rank #69,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,211
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lovie
Nearest frequency peer: lovie (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “ligatures”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- licker
licker
30,794 corpus weight
- ligatures
ligatures
30,790 corpus weight
- lovie
lovie
30,788 corpus weight
- lulls
lulls
30,787 corpus weight
- Lumsden
Lumsden
30,786 corpus weight
- Lymington
Lymington
30,785 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ligatures” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ligatures |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɪɡət͡ʃɚz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ligatures” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ligatures is uncommon English at frequency #69,211 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɪɡət͡ʃɚz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of ligature".
No misspelling variants are generated for ligatures in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is ligatures, spelled L-I-G-A-T-U-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of ligature
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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