counter-revolutionary
"counter-revolutionary" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“counter-revolutionary” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of counterrevolutionary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-counter-revolutionary · counter-revolutionary · English
counter-revolutionary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | counter-revolutionary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “counter-revolutionary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
counter-revolutionary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of counterrevolutionary.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for counter-revolutionary, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is counter-revolutionary, spelled C-O-U-N-T-E-R---R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of counterrevolutionary.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how counter-revolutionary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chienyang County in Shensi Province on the loess highland has fairly rich water resources, but there was little irrigated land — averaging 0.4 mu per person — before the Cultural Revolution owing to interference and sabotage by Liu Shao-chi’s counter-revolutionary revisionist line.
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.