lp
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "lp", 2-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "lp" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "lp" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
LP is aEnglishnoun. It means: Initialism of long-play. Pronounced /ɛlˈpiː/. It ranks #8,955 in English word frequency. Often confused with Lt and Ls.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | LP |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛlˈpiː/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #8,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for LP is 2 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɛlˈpiː/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,955 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for LP in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable English patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lt", "Ls", "lu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is LP, spelled L-P, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Initialism of long-play.
- 2Initialism of limited partnership.
- 3Initialism of liquid petroleum or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
- 4Initialism of liquid propane.
- 5Initialism of landing pad.
- 6Abbreviation of listening post.
- 7Abbreviation of lumbar puncture.
- 8Abbreviation of linear programming.
- 9Abbreviation of landing page.
- 10Initialism of let's play.
- 11Initialism of little person.
- 12Abbreviation of liquidity provider.
- 13Initialism of literate programming.
- 14Initialism of lactase persistence.
Frequency rank: #8,955 in English
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