Limehouse
/ˈlʌɪmhaʊs/
"limehouse" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Limehouse” is uncommon English (frequency #68,388 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,388
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A district in eastern London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (OS grid ref TQ3681).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Limehouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈlʌɪmhaʊs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Limehouse” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Limehouse is uncommon English at frequency #68,388 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈlʌɪmhaʊs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A district in eastern London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (OS grid ref TQ3681).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Limehouse, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909. The correct English form is Limehouse, spelled L-I-M-E-H-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A district in eastern London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (OS grid ref TQ3681).
Etymology
The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909.
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 “Limehouse”
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- The one correct English spelling is L-I-M-E-H-O-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.