Lord Provost
"lord-provost" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lord Provost” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The civic head of certain cities in Scotland, having a role similar to that of mayor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lord-provost · Lord Provost · English
Lord Provost · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lord Provost |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lord Provost” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lord Provost is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The civic head of certain cities in Scotland, having a role similar to that of mayor.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Lord Provost, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is Lord Provost, spelled L-O-R-D- -P-R-O-V-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1The civic head of certain cities in Scotland, having a role similar to that of mayor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lord Provost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is growing local pressure for electrification to Gourock, and at the end of May the Lord Provost of Glasgow summoned a conference of local authorities and MPs to discuss prospects, […].
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.