longboard
"longboard" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“longboard” is uncommon English (frequency #61,599 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,599
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large surfboard, around 9 or 10 feet long with a wide nose.
Corpus desk
Index EN-longboard · longboard · English
longboard · rank #61,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,599
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH logon
Nearest frequency peer: logon (-2 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 “longboard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lightspeed
lightspeed
38,408 corpus weight
- linea
linea
38,405 corpus weight
- logon
logon
38,404 corpus weight
- longboard
longboard
38,402 corpus weight
- lovesick
lovesick
38,400 corpus weight
- Lublin
Lublin
38,399 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “longboard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longboard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “longboard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
longboard is uncommon English at frequency #61,599 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for longboard, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From long + board. The correct English form is longboard, spelled L-O-N-G-B-O-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A large surfboard, around 9 or 10 feet long with a wide nose.
- 2A large skateboard, measuring about 90 to 150 centimeters (3' to 5').
- 3Synonym of spine board.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how longboard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the past three weeks on Victoria's Surfcoast I've ridden my longboard probably 90% of the time as well. — Coastalwatch.com.au http://www.coastalwatch.com.au/news/news.aspx?newsId=55&newsType=admin&adType=news
Etymology
From long + board.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).