linsey
"linsey" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“linsey” is uncommon English (frequency #82,492 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,492
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cloth made of linen and wool.
Corpus desk
Index EN-linsey · linsey · English
linsey · rank #82,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,492
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH linnet
Nearest frequency peer: linnet (-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 “linsey”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lindon
Lindon
17,512 corpus weight
- Linnean
Linnean
17,511 corpus weight
- linnet
linnet
17,510 corpus weight
- linsey
linsey
17,509 corpus weight
- Loeffler
Loeffler
17,505 corpus weight
- Looe
Looe
17,504 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “linsey” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | linsey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “linsey” in English
Rare enough to double-check
linsey is uncommon English at frequency #82,492 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for linsey, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is linsey, spelled L-I-N-S-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A cloth made of linen and wool.
- 2A kind of clayey rock.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how linsey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My rule is to give for winter a linsey suit, one shirt of best towelling, one hat, one pair of shoes, a good blanket, costing $2 to $2 50, every other year […]
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).