oh my Lord

intj

"oh-my-lord" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“oh my Lord” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - An expression of surprise, astonishment, shock, dismay, supplication, or consternation.

Corpus desk

Index EN-oh-my-lord · oh my Lord · English

oh my Lord · 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 "O" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for oh my Lord
PropertyValue
Headwordoh my Lord
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “oh my Lord” in English

oh my Lordsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oh my Lord is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An expression of surprise, astonishment, shock, dismay, supplication, or consternation.".

oh my Lord doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is oh my Lord, spelled O-H- -M-Y- -L-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    An expression of surprise, astonishment, shock, dismay, supplication, or consternation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how oh my Lord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Oh my Lord!" said a stunned Geneva McNeil, reached by telephone at her East Baltimore home and told that the jury had awarded $3.3 million to her and her ailing husband.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oh my Lord"?
"oh my Lord" is spelled O-H- -M-Y- -L-O-R-D.
What does "oh my Lord" mean?
As an interjection, "oh my Lord" means: An expression of surprise, astonishment, shock, dismay, supplication, or consternation.
What language does "oh my Lord" come from?
"oh my Lord" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list