delineation
/diːlɪniˈeɪʃən/
"delineation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“delineation” is uncommon English (frequency #50,461 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,461
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of delineating; depiction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-delineation · delineation · English
delineation · rank #50,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,461
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deadlift
Nearest frequency peer: deadlift (-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 “delineation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- CWA
CWA
49,546 corpus weight
- cynically
cynically
49,545 corpus weight
- deadlift
deadlift
49,541 corpus weight
- delineation
delineation
49,540 corpus weight
- denture
denture
49,538 corpus weight
- desirous
desirous
49,535 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “delineation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | delineation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /diːlɪniˈeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “delineation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
delineation is uncommon English at frequency #50,461 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /diːlɪniˈeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for delineation, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is delineation, spelled D-E-L-I-N-E-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of delineating; depiction.
- 2An image of the outline of an object.
- 3A graphic verbal description.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how delineation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After all, the English hostel owes much of its charms to Chaucer; our associations are of his haunting pictures—his delicate Lady Prioress, his comely young squire, with their pleasant interchange of tale and legend, rise upon the mind's eye in all the fascination of his vivid delineations.
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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