alliterational
"alliterational" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alliterational” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Involving alliteration; alliterative.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alliterational · alliterational · English
alliterational · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | alliterational |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alliterational” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alliterational is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Involving alliteration; alliterative.".
Zero misspellings are on record for alliterational in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From alliteration + -al. The correct English form is alliterational, spelled A-L-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Involving alliteration; alliterative.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alliterational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Their language has two remarkable peculiarities which seem to separate it from other African tongues; viz., the system of prefixing to every noun a syllable without any separate meaning, and alliterational concord, which changes the initial sound of a secondary word into that of the priamary one.
"In whose eyes I shall find grace" is furthermore a very important alliterational brush-stroke on this charming broad canvas.
Etymology
From alliteration + -al.
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.