like riding a bike
/laɪk ˈɹaɪdɪŋ ə baɪk/
"like-riding-a-bike" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“like riding a bike” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Said of a skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.
Corpus desk
Index EN-like-riding-a-bike · like riding a bike · English
like riding a bike · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | like riding a bike |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| IPA | /laɪk ˈɹaɪdɪŋ ə baɪk/ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “like riding a bike” in English
Rare enough to double-check
like riding a bike is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase, transcribed /laɪk ˈɹaɪdɪŋ ə baɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Said of a skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.".
like riding a bike doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is like riding a bike, spelled L-I-K-E- -R-I-D-I-N-G- -A- -B-I-K-E.
Definition
- 1Said of a skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.
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.