attunement
"attunement" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“attunement” is uncommon English (frequency #64,896 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,896
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being in tune with something
Corpus desk
Index EN-attunement · attunement · English
attunement · rank #64,896 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,896
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH arthroscopic
Nearest frequency peer: arthroscopic (-3 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 “attunement”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- arabesque
arabesque
35,110 corpus weight
- Arielle
Arielle
35,109 corpus weight
- arthroscopic
arthroscopic
35,108 corpus weight
- attunement
attunement
35,105 corpus weight
- axonal
axonal
35,101 corpus weight
- bandanna
bandanna
35,097 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “attunement” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | attunement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “attunement” in English
Rare enough to double-check
attunement is uncommon English at frequency #64,896 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for attunement, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From attune + -ment. The correct English form is attunement, spelled A-T-T-U-N-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The quality of being in tune with something
- 2The process of attuning or becoming attuned
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how attunement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We read Izaak Walton for his tone, for his perfect attunement to the quiet streams and flowered meadows and bosky hills of the Thames valley long ago.
Deford's bio embodies one of the most perverse notions of modernity, namely that homosexuality is unmasculine and therefore incompatible with the manly attunement of body and spirit that is called for in athletics.
Etymology
From attune + -ment.
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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