lumbered
"lumbered" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lumbered” is uncommon English (frequency #76,963 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,963
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Trapped, encumbered.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lumbered · lumbered · English
lumbered · rank #76,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,963
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH lovelorn
Nearest frequency peer: lovelorn (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lumbered”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- liquefy
liquefy
23,047 corpus weight
- lookbook
lookbook
23,043 corpus weight
- lovelorn
lovelorn
23,040 corpus weight
- lumbered
lumbered
23,038 corpus weight
- maharishi
maharishi
23,032 corpus weight
- Majeed
Majeed
23,031 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lumbered” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lumbered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lumbered” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lumbered is uncommon English at frequency #76,963 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lumbered, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is lumbered, spelled L-U-M-B-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Trapped, encumbered.
- 2In prison.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.