annunciation
"annunciation" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“annunciation” is uncommon English (frequency #52,774 among 35,202 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,774
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of annunciating.
Corpus desk
Index EN-annunciation · annunciation · English
annunciation · rank #52,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,774
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,202
- PHOTO-FINISH angiogenesis
Nearest frequency peer: angiogenesis (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “annunciation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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47,230 corpus weight
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47,228 corpus weight
- annunciation
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47,227 corpus weight
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47,226 corpus weight
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47,223 corpus weight
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47,221 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “annunciation” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | annunciation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “annunciation” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
annunciation is uncommon English at frequency #52,774 among 35,202 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of annunciating.".
annunciation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English annunciacion, annunciation, from Latin annuntiātiō and Old French anonciacion. The correct English form is annunciation, spelled A-N-N-U-N-C-I-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of annunciating.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how annunciation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Not in the least; I saw it was an abbreviation from the first annunciation of the marriage, as communicated by the earl of Rotheles; here it is."
Etymology
From Middle English annunciacion, annunciation, from Latin annuntiātiō and Old French anonciacion.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.