lose one's marbles
"lose-one-s-marbles" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lose one's marbles” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of lose one's mind (“to become crazy”).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lose one's marbles |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lose one's marbles” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lose one's marbles is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of lose one's mind (“to become crazy”).".
lose one's marbles doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is lose one's marbles, spelled L-O-S-E- -O-N-E-'-S- -M-A-R-B-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Synonym of lose one's mind (“to become crazy”).
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.
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Using “lose one's marbles”
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- The one correct English spelling is L-O-S-E- -O-N-E-'-S- -M-A-R-B-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.