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Lenght or length?

Did you mean length? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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lenght

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length

Letter by letter
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Correct spelling: length. Misspelling: lenght.

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 “lenght”

The misspelling “lenght” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of T and H.

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.

Other misspellings of “length”

People also write “lengh”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“lengh”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: length. Misspelling: lengh.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

The misspelling “lengh” is only one letter off: it leaves out the T.

What does “length” mean?

length noun

  1. 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”

  2. continuance in time

    “the ceremony was of short duration”

    Synonyms:duration

  3. the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end

    “the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words”

  4. 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?

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10 points in Scrabble · 12 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“lenght” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from LENGTH.

Length: quick answers

Is it lenght or length?
The correct spelling is length. “lenght” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “lengh” is wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell length?
It is long + th turned into len-G-TH: G, then T, then H.
What does length mean?
Length means: the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place.