low-fat
"low-fat" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“low-fat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not having a high number of calories from fat or great amount of fats, especially an alternate variety of food designed to have lower calories, dietetic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-low-fat · low-fat · English
low-fat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | low-fat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “low-fat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
low-fat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not having a high number of calories from fat or great amount of fats, especially an alternate variety of food designed to have lower calories, dietetic.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for low-fat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is low-fat, spelled L-O-W---F-A-T.
Definition
- 1Not having a high number of calories from fat or great amount of fats, especially an alternate variety of food designed to have lower calories, dietetic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how low-fat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a low-fat diet
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.