declaration of war
"declaration-of-war" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“declaration of war” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | declaration of war |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “declaration of war” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
declaration of war is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.".
declaration of war has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is declaration of war, spelled D-E-C-L-A-R-A-T-I-O-N- -O-F- -W-A-R.
Definition
- 1A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is D-E-C-L-A-R-A-T-I-O-N- -O-F- -W-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.