loofah
/ˈluːfə/
"loofah" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“loofah” is uncommon English (frequency #89,565 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,565
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.
Corpus desk
Index EN-loofah · loofah · English
loofah · rank #89,565 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,565
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH longe
Nearest frequency peer: longe (-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 “loofah”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- loftier
loftier
10,439 corpus weight
- longe
longe
10,437 corpus weight
- loofah
loofah
10,436 corpus weight
- Loria
Loria
10,435 corpus weight
- loupe
loupe
10,434 corpus weight
- Lovecraftian
Lovecraftian
10,433 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “loofah” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | loofah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈluːfə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “loofah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
loofah is uncommon English at frequency #89,565 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈluːfə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for loofah in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa). The correct English form is loofah, spelled L-O-O-F-A-H.
Definition
- 1Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.
- 2The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing.
- 3Any bath sponge; a sponge on a handle.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).
This word in other languages
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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