arithmetical
"arithmetical" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arithmetical” is uncommon English (frequency #83,979 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,979
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to arithmetic, particularly the functions of arithmetic (noun; stress on the second syllable).
Corpus desk
Index EN-arithmetical · arithmetical · English
arithmetical · rank #83,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,979
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Arcturus
Nearest frequency peer: Arcturus (-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 “arithmetical”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- arbutus
arbutus
16,026 corpus weight
- Arcturus
Arcturus
16,023 corpus weight
- arithmetical
arithmetical
16,022 corpus weight
- Arminian
Arminian
16,021 corpus weight
- askance
askance
16,019 corpus weight
- Asmara
Asmara
16,018 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “arithmetical” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arithmetical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “arithmetical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
arithmetical is uncommon English at frequency #83,979 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to arithmetic, particularly the functions of arithmetic (noun; stress on the second syllable).".
arithmetical has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin arithmēticus + -al; equivalent to arithmetic + -al. The correct English form is arithmetical, spelled A-R-I-T-H-M-E-T-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to arithmetic, particularly the functions of arithmetic (noun; stress on the second syllable).
Etymology
From Latin arithmēticus + -al; equivalent to arithmetic + -al.
Synonyms
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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