table lamp

noun

"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.

Key facts for table lamp
PropertyValue
Headwordtable lamp
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “table lamp” sits in English frequency

table lamp falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

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

  1. 1
    A 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "table lamp"?
"table lamp" is spelled T-A-B-L-E- -L-A-M-P.
What does "table lamp" mean?
As a noun, "table lamp" means: A lamp designed to be used on tables.
What language does "table lamp" come from?
"table lamp" 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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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.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list