amendatory
"amendatory" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amendatory” is uncommon English (frequency #91,223 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,223
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - For the purpose of amending or correction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amendatory · amendatory · English
amendatory · rank #91,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,223
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH ambitiously
Nearest frequency peer: ambitiously (-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 “amendatory”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Alvord
Alvord
8,780 corpus weight
- ambitiously
ambitiously
8,779 corpus weight
- amendatory
amendatory
8,778 corpus weight
- amyl
amyl
8,777 corpus weight
- Anant
Anant
8,776 corpus weight
- Anelka
Anelka
8,773 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amendatory” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amendatory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amendatory” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amendatory is uncommon English at frequency #91,223 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "For the purpose of amending or correction.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amendatory, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin ēmendātōrius (with a- for e- from amend). The correct English form is amendatory, spelled A-M-E-N-D-A-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1For the purpose of amending or correction.
Etymology
From Late Latin ēmendātōrius (with a- for e- from amend).
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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