declassification
/diːˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
"declassification" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“declassification” is uncommon English (frequency #68,142 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,142
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of declassifying.
Corpus desk
Index EN-declassification · declassification · English
declassification · rank #68,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,142
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH decelerate
Nearest frequency peer: decelerate (-1 rank slots)
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Long-tail ranks near “declassification”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- curlew
curlew
31,864 corpus weight
- cytosolic
cytosolic
31,863 corpus weight
- debaters
debaters
31,861 corpus weight
- decelerate
decelerate
31,860 corpus weight
- declassific…
declassification
31,859 corpus weight
- dexterous
dexterous
31,855 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “declassification” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | declassification |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /diːˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #68,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “declassification” in English
Rare enough to double-check
declassification is uncommon English at frequency #68,142 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /diːˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The process of declassifying.".
Zero misspellings are on record for declassification in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From de- + classification. The correct English form is declassification, spelled D-E-C-L-A-S-S-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The process of declassifying.
Etymology
From de- + classification.
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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