above-mentioned
/əˈbʌvˌmɛnʃn̩d/
"above-mentioned" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“above-mentioned” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-above-mentioned · above-mentioned · English
above-mentioned · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | above-mentioned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈbʌvˌmɛnʃn̩d/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “above-mentioned” in English
Rare enough to double-check
above-mentioned is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈbʌvˌmɛnʃn̩d/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for above-mentioned, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is above-mentioned, spelled A-B-O-V-E---M-E-N-T-I-O-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
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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.