counterargument
"counterargument" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“counterargument” is uncommon English (frequency #99,129 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,129
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An argument that is opposed to another argument.
Corpus desk
Index EN-counterargument · counterargument · English
counterargument · rank #99,129 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,129
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crabapple
Nearest frequency peer: crabapple (+3 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 “counterargument”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- coloratura
coloratura
881 corpus weight
- conjunctiva
conjunctiva
878 corpus weight
- counterargu…
counterargument
872 corpus weight
- crabapple
crabapple
869 corpus weight
- crake
crake
866 corpus weight
- Cristi
Cristi
863 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “counterargument” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | counterargument |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #99,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “counterargument” in English
Rare enough to double-check
counterargument is uncommon English at frequency #99,129 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An argument that is opposed to another argument.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for counterargument, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From counter- + argument. The correct English form is counterargument, spelled C-O-U-N-T-E-R-A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1An argument that is opposed to another argument.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how counterargument appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: rebuttal, refutation
One argument is that "the virus has changed everything" and that people will work from home and travel much less, easing capacity pressures. But there is a counter argument whereby we may all discover that, longer-term, many jobs cannot after all be effectively carried out from home indefinitely.
Etymology
From counter- + argument.
This word in other languages
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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