Likens
"likens" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Likens” is uncommon English (frequency #50,043 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,043
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Dutch.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Likens |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Likens” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Likens is uncommon English at frequency #50,043 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Dutch.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Likens, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Dutch Likens, a patronymic surname from Liedekin. The correct English form is Likens, spelled L-I-K-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1A surname from Dutch.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Likens, a patronymic surname from Liedekin.
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 “Likens”
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- The one correct English spelling is L-I-K-E-N-S - 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.