lithosphere
"lithosphere" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lithosphere” is uncommon English (frequency #59,512 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,512
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth, which is divided into twelve major tectonic plates.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lithosphere · lithosphere · English
lithosphere · rank #59,512 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,512
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH linseed
Nearest frequency peer: linseed (-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 “lithosphere”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- levitating
levitating
40,492 corpus weight
- linseed
linseed
40,490 corpus weight
- lithosphere
lithosphere
40,489 corpus weight
- loafer
loafer
40,488 corpus weight
- Lundberg
Lundberg
40,486 corpus weight
- mache
mache
40,483 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lithosphere” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lithosphere |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lithosphere” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lithosphere is uncommon English at frequency #59,512 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for lithosphere in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From litho- + -sphere. The correct English form is lithosphere, spelled L-I-T-H-O-S-P-H-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth, which is divided into twelve major tectonic plates.
- 2Any similar layer of an exoplanet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lithosphere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Holonyms: Earth, earth
Meronym: crust
Etymology
From litho- + -sphere.
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); 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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).