lust after
"lust-after" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lust after” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To have strong sexual feelings or desires for someone with whom the individual is not in a relationship with.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lust-after · lust after · English
lust after · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lust after |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lust after” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lust after is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lust after, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is lust after, spelled L-U-S-T- -A-F-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1To have strong sexual feelings or desires for someone with whom the individual is not in a relationship with.
- 2To have a strong desire for something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lust after appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was lusting after the woman in the tight leather miniskirt.
But I ſay vnto you / that whoſoever eyeth a wyfe / luſtynge affter her / hathe committed advoutrie with her alredy in his hert.
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.