Lengh or length?
Did you mean length? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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lengh
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length
Correct spelling: length. Misspelling: lengh.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
It is long + th turned into len-G-TH: G, then T, then H.
Why people write “lengh”
The misspelling “lengh” is only one letter off: it leaves out the T.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make length automatic.
What does “length” mean?
length noun
- the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
“the length of the table was 5 feet”
- continuance in time
“the ceremony was of short duration”
Synonyms:duration
- the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
“the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words”
- size of the gap between two places
“the distance from New York to Chicago”
Synonyms:distance
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Length” in a sentence
- Measure the length of the table.
- The length of the table was 5 feet.
- The ceremony was of short duration.
- The editor limited the length of my article to 500 words.
Is “length” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 12 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“lengh” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from LENGTH.