confraternity
"confraternity" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“confraternity” is uncommon English (frequency #97,962 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,962
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A group with a common interest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-confraternity · confraternity · English
confraternity · rank #97,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,962
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH conjunctive
Nearest frequency peer: conjunctive (+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 “confraternity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- comprehensi…
comprehensiveness
2,042 corpus weight
- confab
confab
2,041 corpus weight
- confraterni…
confraternity
2,039 corpus weight
- conjunctive
conjunctive
2,038 corpus weight
- connote
connote
2,037 corpus weight
- constitutiv…
constitutively
2,035 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “confraternity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confraternity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #97,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “confraternity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
confraternity is uncommon English at frequency #97,962 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
confraternity doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French confraternité. The correct English form is confraternity, spelled C-O-N-F-R-A-T-E-R-N-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A group with a common interest.
- 2A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
- 3Brotherly friendship.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how confraternity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
First the cell, then combinations of cells, then combinations of combinations, then more and more complex combinations, till the body of man is reached, where endless confraternities of cells, all with different functions, working to build and sustain different organs, […]
The two gravitated together in response to that law of nature which rules that the whole confraternity of politicians prefer to operate within the closed circle of its own initiates, rather than waste time with outsiders […]
Etymology
From Middle French confraternité.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).