civilizational
"civilizational" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“civilizational” is uncommon English (frequency #87,143 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,143
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to or arising from civilization
Corpus desk
Index EN-civilizational · civilizational · English
civilizational · rank #87,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,143
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cleanings
Nearest frequency peer: cleanings (+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 “civilizational”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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chloroquine
12,862 corpus weight
- choong
choong
12,861 corpus weight
- civilizatio…
civilizational
12,858 corpus weight
- cleanings
cleanings
12,857 corpus weight
- cleavers
cleavers
12,856 corpus weight
- Clemmons
Clemmons
12,855 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “civilizational” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | civilizational |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #87,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “civilizational” in English
Rare enough to double-check
civilizational is uncommon English at frequency #87,143 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to or arising from civilization".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for civilizational, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From civilization + -al. The correct English form is civilizational, spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to or arising from civilization
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how civilizational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There are various civilizational factors at work.
From the Baltics to Central Asia, former Soviet states are seen by President Vladimir Putin as part of “the Russian world,” with supposedly a distinct civilizational identity that justifies Moscow’s meddling.
Etymology
From civilization + -al.
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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