lingam
"lingam" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lingam” is uncommon English (frequency #93,921 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,921
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The aniconic phallic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lingam · lingam · English
lingam · rank #93,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,921
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Linford
Nearest frequency peer: Linford (-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 “lingam”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- levodopa
levodopa
6,088 corpus weight
- Liebling
Liebling
6,086 corpus weight
- Linford
Linford
6,081 corpus weight
- lingam
lingam
6,080 corpus weight
- linkup
linkup
6,079 corpus weight
- listenable
listenable
6,074 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lingam” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lingam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lingam” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lingam is uncommon English at frequency #93,921 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
lingam doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लिङ्गम् (liṅgam, nominative singular of लिङ्ग (liṅga, “sign, mark”)). The correct English form is lingam, spelled L-I-N-G-A-M.
Definition
- 1The aniconic phallic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva.
- 2The penis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lingam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then we have the very numerous lingams (conventional representations of the male organ) to be seen, scores and scores of them, in the arcades and cloisters of the Hindu Temples - to which women of all classes, especially those who wish to become mothers, resort, anointing them copiously with oil, and signalizing their respect and devotion to them in a ver…
Caylus presents Pan in the act of pouring water upon the male member; that is, invigorating the creative power by the application of the prolific element upon which it acted. In India, it was customary to pour sacred water from the Ganges upon the Lingam, the symbol of Siva.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लिङ्गम् (liṅgam, nominative singular of लिङ्ग (liṅga, “sign, mark”)).
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); 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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