abovementioned
/əˌbʌvˈmɛnʃənd/
"abovementioned" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abovementioned” is uncommon English (frequency #82,965 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,965
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mentioned above
Corpus desk
Index EN-abovementioned · abovementioned · English
abovementioned · rank #82,965 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,965
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aborigine
Nearest frequency peer: Aborigine (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “abovementioned”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 3V
3V
17,041 corpus weight
- ablution
ablution
17,038 corpus weight
- Aborigine
Aborigine
17,037 corpus weight
- abovementio…
abovementioned
17,036 corpus weight
- affordably
affordably
17,033 corpus weight
- Agadir
Agadir
17,032 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “abovementioned” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abovementioned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˌbʌvˈmɛnʃənd/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #82,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “abovementioned” in English
Rare enough to double-check
abovementioned is uncommon English at frequency #82,965 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˌbʌvˈmɛnʃənd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mentioned above".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abovementioned, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From above + mentioned. The correct English form is abovementioned, spelled A-B-O-V-E-M-E-N-T-I-O-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1mentioned above
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abovementioned appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… bended that the abovementioned two officers and one hundred and thirty-four men may be quartered in the towns of New- haven, Wallingford and Brani'ord, …
Etymology
From above + mentioned.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).