lucky streak

noun

"lucky-streak" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“lucky streak” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A series of wins in gambling.

Corpus desk

Index EN-lucky-streak · lucky streak · English

lucky streak · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for lucky streak
PropertyValue
Headwordlucky streak
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “lucky streak” in English

lucky streakranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lucky streak is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A series of wins in gambling.".

lucky streak has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is lucky streak, spelled L-U-C-K-Y- -S-T-R-E-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    A series of wins in gambling.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how lucky streak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Yes, heaven, I'm in heaven / And the cares that hung around me through the week / Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak

Synonyms

run of luckwinning streak

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lucky streak"?
"lucky streak" is spelled L-U-C-K-Y- -S-T-R-E-A-K.
What does "lucky streak" mean?
As a noun, "lucky streak" means: A series of wins in gambling.
What language does "lucky streak" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list