lose one's lunch
"lose-one-s-lunch" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lose one's lunch” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To vomit, throw up.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lose-one-s-lunch · lose one's lunch · English
lose one's lunch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 lunch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lose one's lunch” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lose one's lunch is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To vomit, throw up.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lose one's lunch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is lose one's lunch, spelled L-O-S-E- -O-N-E-'-S- -L-U-N-C-H.
Definition
- 1To vomit, throw up.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lose one's lunch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Exactly one minute later, the first of the passengers lost their lunch over the side.
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.