alchemical
"alchemical" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alchemical” is uncommon English (frequency #52,764 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,764
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alchemical · alchemical · English
alchemical · rank #52,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,764
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aleutian
Nearest frequency peer: Aleutian (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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Long-tail ranks near “alchemical”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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47,241 corpus weight
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Airdrie
47,240 corpus weight
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47,239 corpus weight
- alchemical
alchemical
47,237 corpus weight
- Aleutian
Aleutian
47,236 corpus weight
- alexia
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47,235 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “alchemical” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alchemical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alchemical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alchemical is uncommon English at frequency #52,764 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for alchemical in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From alchemy + -ical. The correct English form is alchemical, spelled A-L-C-H-E-M-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
- 2Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation.
- 3Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alchemical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.
Etymology
From alchemy + -ical.
This word in other languages
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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