longboat
"longboat" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“longboat” is uncommon English (frequency #73,387 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,387
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The largest and thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship.
Corpus desk
Index EN-longboat · longboat · English
longboat · rank #73,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,387
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH Lompoc
Nearest frequency peer: Lompoc (-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 “longboat”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lofted
lofted
26,618 corpus weight
- logarithms
logarithms
26,617 corpus weight
- Lompoc
Lompoc
26,615 corpus weight
- longboat
longboat
26,614 corpus weight
- Longbottom
Longbottom
26,613 corpus weight
- Loughlin
Loughlin
26,610 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “longboat” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longboat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “longboat” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
longboat is uncommon English at frequency #73,387 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The largest and thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for longboat, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From long + boat. The correct English form is longboat, spelled L-O-N-G-B-O-A-T.
Definition
- 1The largest and thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship.
Etymology
From long + boat.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 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.