conformational
"conformational" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“conformational” is uncommon English (frequency #54,090 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,090
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to a conformation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-conformational · conformational · English
conformational · rank #54,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,090
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH confection
Nearest frequency peer: confection (-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 “conformational”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- columbo
columbo
45,915 corpus weight
- conceptuali…
conceptualization
45,913 corpus weight
- confection
confection
45,912 corpus weight
- conformatio…
conformational
45,911 corpus weight
- contrite
contrite
45,910 corpus weight
- cordillera
cordillera
45,908 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “conformational” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conformational |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #54,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “conformational” in English
Rare enough to double-check
conformational is uncommon English at frequency #54,090 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to a conformation.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for conformational in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From conformation + -al. The correct English form is conformational, spelled C-O-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to a conformation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how conformational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is found that the clouding process is closely related to the conformational equilibrium of the ethyleneoxide chains, and that this equilibrium depends on the properties of the free ethyleneoxide chain, the solvation of the chain, but also to a large extent on the effect that the ethyleneoxide chain has on the effective water-water interaction.
Etymology
From conformation + -al.
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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