litho
/ˈlɪθə/
"litho" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“litho” is uncommon English (frequency #81,514 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,514
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of lithographic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-litho · litho · English
litho · rank #81,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,514
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lipitor
Nearest frequency peer: Lipitor (-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 “litho”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lilongwe
Lilongwe
18,491 corpus weight
- limey
limey
18,490 corpus weight
- Lipitor
Lipitor
18,488 corpus weight
- litho
litho
18,487 corpus weight
- logician
logician
18,485 corpus weight
- lolling
lolling
18,483 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “litho” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | litho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlɪθə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “litho” in English
Rare enough to double-check
litho is uncommon English at frequency #81,514 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈlɪθə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clipping of lithographic.".
Zero misspellings are on record for litho in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is litho, spelled L-I-T-H-O.
Definition
- 1Clipping of lithographic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how litho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the mid-80s, most British newspapers were still produced using hot metal, despite the widespread use elsewhere of modern offset litho technology.
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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