speed limit
/ˌspiːd ˈlɪ.mɪt/
"speed-limit" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“speed limit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The maximum speed permitted by law for vehicles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-speed-limit · speed limit · English
speed limit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | speed limit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌspiːd ˈlɪ.mɪt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “speed limit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
speed limit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌspiːd ˈlɪ.mɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
speed limit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is speed limit, spelled S-P-E-E-D- -L-I-M-I-T.
Definition
- 1The maximum speed permitted by law for vehicles.
- 2The hand consisting of a pair of 5s, so called in reference to the common speed limit of 55 mph.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how speed limit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
John is a careful driver. He never exceeds the speed limit.
Sam has already gone over the speed limit thrice.
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.