lofted
"lofted" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lofted” is uncommon English (frequency #73,383 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,383
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having (a specified amount of) loft.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lofted · lofted · English
lofted · rank #73,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,383
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH loamy
Nearest frequency peer: loamy (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lofted”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Listerine
Listerine
26,621 corpus weight
- LMP
LMP
26,620 corpus weight
- loamy
loamy
26,619 corpus weight
- lofted
lofted
26,618 corpus weight
- logarithms
logarithms
26,617 corpus weight
- Lompoc
Lompoc
26,615 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lofted” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lofted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lofted” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lofted is uncommon English at frequency #73,383 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for lofted in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is lofted, spelled L-O-F-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having (a specified amount of) loft.
- 2Of a house: having more than one storey.
- 3Raised above the floor, so as to allow for storage etc. underneath.
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.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lofted", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.