analogical

adj

"analogical" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“analogical” is uncommon English (frequency #94,515 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,515
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, based on, or composed of an analogy.

Corpus desk

Index EN-analogical · analogical · English

analogical · rank #94,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,515
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH amphibia

Nearest frequency peer: amphibia (-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 “analogical”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “analogical” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for analogical
PropertyValue
Headwordanalogical
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,515
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “analogical” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).analogicalfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “amphibia” (#94,514), “alloyed” (#94,512), “allgood” (#94,511). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “analogical” is #94,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

analogical is uncommon English at frequency #94,515 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, based on, or composed of an analogy.".

Zero misspellings are on record for analogical in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From analogic + -al. The correct English form is analogical, spelled A-N-A-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, based on, or composed of an analogy.

Etymology

From analogic + -al.

Synonyms

analogicanalogistic

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "analogical"?
"analogical" is spelled A-N-A-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.
What does "analogical" mean?
As an adjective, "analogical" means: Of, pertaining to, based on, or composed of an analogy.
What is the origin of the word "analogical"?
From analogic + -al. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "analogical", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list