Ludlam
"ludlam" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ludlam” is uncommon English (frequency #89,570 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,570
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ludlam · Ludlam · English
Ludlam · rank #89,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,570
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Luella
Nearest frequency peer: Luella (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Ludlam”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Loria
Loria
10,435 corpus weight
- loupe
loupe
10,434 corpus weight
- Lovecraftian
Lovecraftian
10,433 corpus weight
- Ludlam
Ludlam
10,431 corpus weight
- Luella
Luella
10,430 corpus weight
- lunched
lunched
10,429 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ludlam” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ludlam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ludlam” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ludlam is uncommon English at frequency #89,570 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Old English.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ludlam, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Derbyshire, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy”) + hamm (“water meadow”). The correct English form is Ludlam, spelled L-U-D-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old English.
Etymology
Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Derbyshire, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy”) + hamm (“water meadow”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).