lionheart
"lionheart" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lionheart” is uncommon English (frequency #50,644 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,644
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A brave, heroic person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lionheart · lionheart · English
lionheart · rank #50,644 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,644
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lidocaine
Nearest frequency peer: lidocaine (-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 “lionheart”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- leotard
leotard
49,359 corpus weight
- lidocaine
lidocaine
49,358 corpus weight
- lionheart
lionheart
49,357 corpus weight
- Lorelai
Lorelai
49,356 corpus weight
- loveliness
loveliness
49,354 corpus weight
- luminance
luminance
49,353 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lionheart” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lionheart |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lionheart” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lionheart is uncommon English at frequency #50,644 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A brave, heroic person.".
lionheart doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lion + heart, perhaps from Richard the Lionheart. The correct English form is lionheart, spelled L-I-O-N-H-E-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1A brave, heroic person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lionheart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But the United States Congress tends to be a courage-free zone, so Mr. McCain’s orneriness toward Republican primary voters makes him a lionheart in the political world.
Etymology
From lion + heart, perhaps from Richard the Lionheart.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).