lumberyard
/ˈlʌmbɚˌjɑɹd/
"lumberyard" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lumberyard” is uncommon English (frequency #85,468 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,468
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A facility dedicated to the preparation and sale of lumber.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lumberyard · lumberyard · English
lumberyard · rank #85,468 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,468
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH luxuriate
Nearest frequency peer: luxuriate (+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 “lumberyard”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lumberyard
lumberyard
14,533 corpus weight
- luxuriate
luxuriate
14,531 corpus weight
- lycopene
lycopene
14,530 corpus weight
- Lydian
Lydian
14,529 corpus weight
- Macartney
Macartney
14,527 corpus weight
- Maitreya
Maitreya
14,522 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lumberyard” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lumberyard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlʌmbɚˌjɑɹd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,468 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lumberyard” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lumberyard is uncommon English at frequency #85,468 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlʌmbɚˌjɑɹd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A facility dedicated to the preparation and sale of lumber.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lumberyard, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lumber + yard. The correct English form is lumberyard, spelled L-U-M-B-E-R-Y-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A facility dedicated to the preparation and sale of lumber.
Etymology
From lumber + yard.
This word in other languages
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 10 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.