counterintelligence
"counterintelligence" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“counterintelligence” has 28 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,712. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,712
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 28
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - counterespionage
Corpus desk
Index EN-counterintelligence · counterintelligence · English
counterintelligence · rank #44,712 · 28 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,712
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 28 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cotswolds
Nearest frequency peer: Cotswolds (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “counterintelligence”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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55,290 corpus weight
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55,288 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “counterintelligence” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | counterintelligence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 19 |
| Frequency rank | #44,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 28 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “counterintelligence” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 28 spelling variants around counterintelligence, anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,712 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "counterespionage".
Our generated misspelling index lists 28 likely wrong-spelling variants for counterintelligence, with forms such as "ccounterintelligence", "conuterintelligence", and "counetrintelligence". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From counter- + intelligence. The correct English form is counterintelligence, spelled C-O-U-N-T-E-R-I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1counterespionage
Etymology
From counter- + intelligence.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccounterintelligence
- conuterintelligence
- counetrintelligence
- counnterintelligence
- counteirntelligence
- counterinetlligence
- counterinntelligence
- counterinteligence
- counterintelilgence
- counterintellgience
- counterintelliegnce
- counterintelligance
- counterintelligecne
- counterintelligencce
- counterintelligenec
- counterintelligennce
- counterintelliggence
- counterintellignece
- counterintleligence
- counterinttelligence
- counteritnelligence
- counternitelligence
- counterrintelligence
- countreintelligence
- countterintelligence
- coutnerintelligence
- cuonterintelligence
- ocunterintelligence
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of counterintelligence - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "counterintelligence", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 19 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (28 here; floor ≥5).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.