combinatorial
/ˌkɑm.bɪn.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/
"combinatorial" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“combinatorial” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #43,573 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #43,573
- frequency rank, English
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or involving combinations.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | combinatorial |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌkɑm.bɪn.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #43,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “combinatorial” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for combinatorial is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌkɑm.bɪn.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/. Corpus data places it at rank #43,573 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for combinatorial, with forms such as "ccombinatorial", "cmobinatorial", and "cobminatorial". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is combinatorial, spelled C-O-M-B-I-N-A-T-O-R-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or involving combinations.
- 2Of or pertaining to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccombinatorial,cmobinatorial,cobminatorial,combbinatorial,combiantorial,combinaotrial,combinatoiral,combinatorail,combinatoriall,combinatorila,combinatorrial,combinatroial,combinattorial,combinnatorial,combintaorial,combniatorial,comibnatorial,commbinatorial,ocmbinatorial
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of combinatorial - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “combinatorial”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-B-I-N-A-T-O-R-I-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌkɑm.bɪn.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.