table lamp
"table-lamp" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“table lamp” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A lamp designed to be used on tables.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | table lamp |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “table lamp” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
table lamp is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lamp designed to be used on tables.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for table lamp, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is table lamp, spelled T-A-B-L-E- -L-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1A lamp designed to be used on tables.
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.
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Using “table lamp”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-B-L-E- -L-A-M-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.