lower-class
"lower-class" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lower-class” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lower-class · lower-class · English
lower-class · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | lower-class |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lower-class” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lower-class is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
lower-class has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is lower-class, spelled L-O-W-E-R---C-L-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class.
- 2Unrefined.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lower-class appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The lower-class people have little chance of advancement.
His lower-class tastes tended to run to three-stooges movies and cheap drink.
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.