Lisburn
/ˈlɪzbɜːn/
"lisburn" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lisburn” is uncommon English (frequency #58,152 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,152
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city and administrative region divided by the River Lagan between County Antrim and County Down, Northern Ireland, with the majority in Antrim (Irish grid ref J 2664).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lisburn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɪzbɜːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lisburn” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lisburn is uncommon English at frequency #58,152 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈlɪzbɜːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city and administrative region divided by the River Lagan between County Antrim and County Down, Northern Ireland, with the majority in Antrim (Irish grid ref J 2664).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lisburn in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish lios + English burn (The fort on the river). The correct English form is Lisburn, spelled L-I-S-B-U-R-N.
Definition
- 1A city and administrative region divided by the River Lagan between County Antrim and County Down, Northern Ireland, with the majority in Antrim (Irish grid ref J 2664).
Etymology
From Irish lios + English burn (The fort on the river).
Synonyms
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 “Lisburn”
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- The one correct English spelling is L-I-S-B-U-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.