lightnings
"lightnings" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lightnings” is uncommon English (frequency #76,063 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,063
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of lightning
Corpus desk
Index EN-lightnings · lightnings · English
lightnings · rank #76,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,063
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lieder
Nearest frequency peer: Lieder (-1 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 “lightnings”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Letterkenny
Letterkenny
23,942 corpus weight
- Lieder
Lieder
23,939 corpus weight
- lightnings
lightnings
23,938 corpus weight
- Liguria
Liguria
23,937 corpus weight
- Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne
23,936 corpus weight
- lockbox
lockbox
23,933 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lightnings” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lightnings |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lightnings” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lightnings is uncommon English at frequency #76,063 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of lightning".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lightnings in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is lightnings, spelled L-I-G-H-T-N-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1plural of lightning
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lightnings appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You nimble lightnings, dart your blinding flames Into her scornful eyes!
For a short space of time I remained at the window watching the pallid lightnings that played above Mont Blanc and listening to the rushing of the Arve, which pursued its noisy way beneath.
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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