liturgy
/ˈlɪtəd͡ʒi/
"liturgy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“liturgy” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #22,728 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,728
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion; a book in which they are recorded.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liturgy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɪtəd͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liturgy” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for liturgy is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlɪtəd͡ʒi/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,728 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for liturgy, with forms such as "ilturgy", "litrugy", and "litturgy". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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: From Middle French liturgie, from Latin liturgia, from Ancient Greek λειτουργία (leitourgía), from λειτ- (leit-), from λαός (laós, “people”) + -ουργός (-ourgós), from ἔργον (érgon, “work”) (the public work of the people done on behalf of the people). The correct English form is liturgy, spelled L-I-T-U-R-G-Y.
Definition
- 1A predetermined or prescribed set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion; a book in which they are recorded.
- 2An official worship service of the Christian church.
- 3In Ancient Greece, a form of personal service to the state.
Etymology
From Middle French liturgie, from Latin liturgia, from Ancient Greek λειτουργία (leitourgía), from λειτ- (leit-), from λαός (laós, “people”) + -ουργός (-ourgós), from ἔργον (érgon, “work”) (the public work of the people done on behalf of the people).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilturgy,litrugy,litturgy,litugry,liturggy,liturgyy,liturrgy,lituryg,liutrgy,lliturgy,ltiurgy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liturgy - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “liturgy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-T-U-R-G-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlɪtəd͡ʒi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.