Littlejohn
/ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩.d͡ʒɔn/
"littlejohn" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Littlejohn” is uncommon English (frequency #56,247 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,247
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-littlejohn · Littlejohn · English
Littlejohn · rank #56,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,247
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH limber
Nearest frequency peer: limber (-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 “Littlejohn”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lexis
lexis
43,757 corpus weight
- lignin
lignin
43,756 corpus weight
- limber
limber
43,755 corpus weight
- Littlejohn
Littlejohn
43,754 corpus weight
- LLB
LLB
43,753 corpus weight
- localisation
localisation
43,752 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Littlejohn” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Littlejohn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩.d͡ʒɔn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Littlejohn” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Littlejohn is uncommon English at frequency #56,247 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩.d͡ʒɔn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Littlejohn in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Littlejohn, spelled L-I-T-T-L-E-J-O-H-N.
Definition
- 1A surname.
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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