acrimony
/ˈækɹɪməni/
"acrimony" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acrimony” is uncommon English (frequency #63,403 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,403
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sharp and bitter hatred.
Corpus desk
Index EN-acrimony · acrimony · English
acrimony · rank #63,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,403
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH addressee
Nearest frequency peer: addressee (+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 “acrimony”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Abad
Abad
36,601 corpus weight
- acai
acai
36,600 corpus weight
- acrimony
acrimony
36,598 corpus weight
- addressee
addressee
36,597 corpus weight
- adenine
adenine
36,596 corpus weight
- ADU
ADU
36,595 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “acrimony” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acrimony |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈækɹɪməni/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “acrimony” in English
Rare enough to double-check
acrimony is uncommon English at frequency #63,403 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈækɹɪməni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sharp and bitter hatred.".
No misspelling variants are generated for acrimony in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French acrimonie, from Latin ācrimōnia (“sharpness, pungency”). The correct English form is acrimony, spelled A-C-R-I-M-O-N-Y.
Definition
- 1A sharp and bitter hatred.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acrimony appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping.
In her resentful mood, these expressions had been remembered with acrimony and disdain; [...].
Etymology
From Middle French acrimonie, from Latin ācrimōnia (“sharpness, pungency”).
Antonyms
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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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