Little Boy
"little-boy" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Little Boy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The nuclear bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
Corpus desk
Index EN-little-boy · Little Boy · English
Little Boy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Little Boy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Little Boy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Little Boy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The nuclear bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Little Boy in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: A military code name. The correct English form is Little Boy, spelled L-I-T-T-L-E- -B-O-Y.
Definition
- 1The nuclear bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Little Boy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enola Gay / Is mother proud of Little Boy today?
Etymology
A military code name.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.