Our Lady of Sorrows
"our-lady-of-sorrows" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Our Lady of Sorrows” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her grief at the Christ's crucifixion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-our-lady-of-sorrows · Our Lady of Sorrows · English
Our Lady of Sorrows · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Our Lady of Sorrows |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Our Lady of Sorrows” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Our Lady of Sorrows is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her grief at the Christ's crucifixion.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Our Lady of Sorrows in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Latin Māter Dolōrōsa (“Sorrowful Mother”) under influence from Domina Nostra (“Our Lady”) and their descendants in other languages. The correct English form is Our Lady of Sorrows, spelled O-U-R- -L-A-D-Y- -O-F- -S-O-R-R-O-W-S.
Definition
- 1Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her grief at the Christ's crucifixion.
Etymology
Calque of Latin Māter Dolōrōsa (“Sorrowful Mother”) under influence from Domina Nostra (“Our Lady”) and their descendants in other languages.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.