declaratory
/dɛˈklæɹətɹi/
"declaratory" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“declaratory” is uncommon English (frequency #65,820 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,820
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serving to declare or explain
Corpus desk
Index EN-declaratory · declaratory · English
declaratory · rank #65,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,820
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH declension
Nearest frequency peer: declension (+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 “declaratory”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dalziel
Dalziel
34,186 corpus weight
- Dantes
Dantes
34,184 corpus weight
- declaratory
declaratory
34,181 corpus weight
- declension
declension
34,180 corpus weight
- dehumidifier
dehumidifier
34,179 corpus weight
- demobilizat…
demobilization
34,177 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “declaratory” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | declaratory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɛˈklæɹətɹi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #65,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “declaratory” in English
Rare enough to double-check
declaratory is uncommon English at frequency #65,820 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɛˈklæɹətɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Serving to declare or explain".
No misspelling variants are generated for declaratory in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From declare + -atory. The correct English form is declaratory, spelled D-E-C-L-A-R-A-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Serving to declare or explain
Etymology
From declare + -atory.
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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