lose one's life
"lose-one-s-life" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lose one's life” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To die, especially to be killed during involvement in an activity or in some other undertaking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lose-one-s-life · lose one's life · English
lose one's life · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | lose one's life |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lose one's life” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lose one's life is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To die, especially to be killed during involvement in an activity or in some other undertaking.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lose one's life, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is lose one's life, spelled L-O-S-E- -O-N-E-'-S- -L-I-F-E.
Definition
- 1To die, especially to be killed during involvement in an activity or in some other undertaking.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lose one's life appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The people so highly resented this law, that our histories tell us, there have been six rebellions raised on that account; wherein one emperor lost his life.
I have no ambition to lose my life on the post-road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.