contractile
"contractile" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“contractile” is uncommon English (frequency #80,344 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,344
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-contractile · contractile · English
contractile · rank #80,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,344
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH conny
Nearest frequency peer: conny (-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 “contractile”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- congratz
congratz
19,662 corpus weight
- congression…
congressionally
19,661 corpus weight
- conny
conny
19,658 corpus weight
- contractile
contractile
19,657 corpus weight
- convulsion
convulsion
19,656 corpus weight
- Copernican
Copernican
19,655 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “contractile” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contractile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “contractile” in English
Rare enough to double-check
contractile is uncommon English at frequency #80,344 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.".
contractile has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French contractile. The correct English form is contractile, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.
Etymology
From French contractile.
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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