longing mark
"longing-mark" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“longing mark” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - birthmark
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longing mark |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “longing mark” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for longing mark is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "birthmark".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for longing mark, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: So named due to the belief that a mother's desire or longing during pregnancy leaves the mark upon the child. The correct English form is longing mark, spelled L-O-N-G-I-N-G- -M-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1birthmark
Etymology
So named due to the belief that a mother's desire or longing during pregnancy leaves the mark upon the child.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “longing mark”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-O-N-G-I-N-G- -M-A-R-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.