longtime
"longtime" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“longtime” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,722. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,722
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having endured for a long period of time.
Corpus desk
Index EN-longtime · longtime · English
longtime · rank #10,722 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,722
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH LN
Nearest frequency peer: LN (-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 “longtime”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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89,282 corpus weight
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89,281 corpus weight
- LN
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89,280 corpus weight
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89,279 corpus weight
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89,278 corpus weight
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89,277 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “longtime” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longtime |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “longtime” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around longtime, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,722 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Having endured for a long period of time.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for longtime, with forms such as "llongtime", "lnogtime", and "logntime". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From long + time. The correct English form is longtime, spelled L-O-N-G-T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Having endured for a long period of time.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how longtime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My longtime friend, since birth actually, called and gently broke the bad news to me.
longtime favorite
Etymology
From long + time.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llongtime
- lnogtime
- logntime
- longgtime
- longitme
- longtiem
- longtimme
- longtmie
- longttime
- lonngtime
- lontgime
- olngtime
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of longtime - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "longtime", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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- Usage frequency rank #10,722 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.