lulz
/lʌlz/
"lulz" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lulz” is uncommon English (frequency #56,882 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,882
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fun; amusement; humor; especially schadenfreude.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lulz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lʌlz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #56,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lulz” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lulz is uncommon English at frequency #56,882 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lʌlz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fun; amusement; humor; especially schadenfreude.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lulz, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of lol using the suffix -z, a deliberately nonstandard variant of the plural marker -s. The correct English form is lulz, spelled L-U-L-Z.
Definition
- 1Fun; amusement; humor; especially schadenfreude.
Etymology
Alteration of lol using the suffix -z, a deliberately nonstandard variant of the plural marker -s.
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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Using “lulz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-U-L-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.