longlist
"longlist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“longlist” is uncommon English (frequency #80,630 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,630
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.
Corpus desk
Index EN-longlist · longlist · English
longlist · rank #80,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,630
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH logout
Nearest frequency peer: logout (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “longlist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Logar
Logar
19,373 corpus weight
- logout
logout
19,372 corpus weight
- longlist
longlist
19,371 corpus weight
- longshore
longshore
19,370 corpus weight
- Lorton
Lorton
19,367 corpus weight
- luh
luh
19,364 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “longlist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longlist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “longlist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
longlist is uncommon English at frequency #80,630 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for longlist, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From long + list. The correct English form is longlist, spelled L-O-N-G-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1An initial, relatively long, shortlist, from which a further shortlist is selected.
Etymology
From long + list.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).