circumvention
/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈvɛnʃən/
"circumvention" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“circumvention” is uncommon English (frequency #66,563 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,563
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
Corpus desk
Index EN-circumvention · circumvention · English
circumvention · rank #66,563 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,563
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Chihiro
Nearest frequency peer: Chihiro (-2 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 “circumvention”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cheerfulness
cheerfulness
33,443 corpus weight
- Chenoweth
Chenoweth
33,442 corpus weight
- chichi
chichi
33,441 corpus weight
- Chihiro
Chihiro
33,440 corpus weight
- circumventi…
circumvention
33,438 corpus weight
- coiling
coiling
33,434 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “circumvention” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | circumvention |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈvɛnʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “circumvention” in English
Rare enough to double-check
circumvention is uncommon English at frequency #66,563 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈvɛnʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for circumvention in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 Latin circumventio, equivalent to circumvent + -ion. The correct English form is circumvention, spelled C-I-R-C-U-M-V-E-N-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
- 2The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how circumvention appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a school in which he learns sly circumvention
Etymology
From Latin circumventio, equivalent to circumvent + -ion.
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 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).