accidentary

adj

"accidentary" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“accidentary” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accidental; occurring by chance; occasional.

Corpus desk

Index EN-accidentary · accidentary · English

accidentary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for accidentary
PropertyValue
Headwordaccidentary
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “accidentary” in English

accidentaryranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

accidentary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for accidentary in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From accident + -ary. The correct English form is accidentary, spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-A-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accidental; occurring by chance; occasional.
  2. 2
    Logically accidental; non-essential.

Etymology

From accident + -ary.

Synonyms

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 "accidentary"?
"accidentary" is spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-A-R-Y.
What does "accidentary" mean?
As an adjective, "accidentary" means: Accidental; occurring by chance; occasional.
What is the origin of the word "accidentary"?
From accident + -ary. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list