love bite
/ˈlʌv baɪt/
"love-bite" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“love bite” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bruise on the skin caused by someone sucking or biting it, usually with sexual intent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-love-bite · love bite · English
love bite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | love bite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlʌv baɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “love bite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
love bite is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlʌv baɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A bruise on the skin caused by someone sucking or biting it, usually with sexual intent.".
love bite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is love bite, spelled L-O-V-E- -B-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1A bruise on the skin caused by someone sucking or biting it, usually with sexual intent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how love bite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then the turtle-billing kisses, and the poignant painless love bites, which they both exchang'd in a rage of delight, all conspiring towards the melting period
And when my teeth the poignant love-bite try, / Thine should return the painless poignancy.
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.