co-responsible
"co-responsible" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“co-responsible” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jointly responsible; having shared responsibility.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | co-responsible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “co-responsible” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
co-responsible is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jointly responsible; having shared responsibility.".
co-responsible has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From co- + responsible. The correct English form is co-responsible, spelled C-O---R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Jointly responsible; having shared responsibility.
Etymology
From co- + responsible.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “co-responsible”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-O---R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.