misluck
/mɪsˈlʌk/
"misluck" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“misluck” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ill luck; misfortune.
Corpus desk
Index EN-misluck · misluck · English
misluck · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | misluck |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɪsˈlʌk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “misluck” in English
Rare enough to double-check
misluck is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɪsˈlʌk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ill luck; misfortune.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for misluck, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mis- + luck. The correct English form is misluck, spelled M-I-S-L-U-C-K.
Definition
- 1Ill luck; misfortune.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how misluck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[...] misluck would have it, however, that this emperor reigned no longer than half a year.
If Good- for-little had been buried, it had been my Tommy, Who by misluck was placed to drive in.
Etymology
From mis- + luck.
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.