lingonberry
/ˈlɪŋɡənb(ə)ɹi/
"lingonberry" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lingonberry” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lingonberry · lingonberry · English
lingonberry · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | lingonberry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɪŋɡənb(ə)ɹi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lingonberry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lingonberry is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɪŋɡənb(ə)ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lingonberry, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Swedish lingon (“cowberry, lingonberry”) + berry. The correct English form is lingonberry, spelled L-I-N-G-O-N-B-E-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
- 2The berry of this shrub.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lingonberry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ze lingonberry pancake!
Etymology
From Swedish lingon (“cowberry, lingonberry”) + berry.
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.