belligerence
"belligerence" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“belligerence” is uncommon English (frequency #82,090 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,090
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being belligerent; aggressive inclination to war.
Corpus desk
Index EN-belligerence · belligerence · English
belligerence · rank #82,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,090
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bellarmine
Nearest frequency peer: bellarmine (-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 “belligerence”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- BBG
BBG
17,917 corpus weight
- Beeman
Beeman
17,914 corpus weight
- behaviorally
behaviorally
17,913 corpus weight
- bellarmine
bellarmine
17,912 corpus weight
- belligerence
belligerence
17,911 corpus weight
- bibliophile
bibliophile
17,906 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “belligerence” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belligerence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #82,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “belligerence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
belligerence is uncommon English at frequency #82,090 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being belligerent; aggressive inclination to war.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for belligerence, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From belligerent + -ence. The correct English form is belligerence, spelled B-E-L-L-I-G-E-R-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The state of being belligerent; aggressive inclination to war.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how belligerence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.
Etymology
From belligerent + -ence.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).