ambassadorial
/æm.bæs.əˈdɔɹ.iəl/
"ambassadorial" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ambassadorial” is uncommon English (frequency #70,450 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,450
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to an ambassador.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ambassadorial · ambassadorial · English
ambassadorial · rank #70,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,450
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amadou
Nearest frequency peer: amadou (-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 “ambassadorial”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Alsop
Alsop
29,555 corpus weight
- amadou
amadou
29,552 corpus weight
- ambassadori…
ambassadorial
29,551 corpus weight
- amici
amici
29,550 corpus weight
- ampicillin
ampicillin
29,549 corpus weight
- andante
andante
29,548 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ambassadorial” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambassadorial |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /æm.bæs.əˈdɔɹ.iəl/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #70,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ambassadorial” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ambassadorial is uncommon English at frequency #70,450 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /æm.bæs.əˈdɔɹ.iəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to an ambassador.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ambassadorial in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ambassador + -ial. The correct English form is ambassadorial, spelled A-M-B-A-S-S-A-D-O-R-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to an ambassador.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ambassadorial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hull has gained significant investment in recent years, and Hull Trains Managing Director Louise Cheeseman is passionate about her company's ambassadorial role.
Etymology
From ambassador + -ial.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).