diacritical
"diacritical" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“diacritical” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-diacritical · diacritical · English
diacritical · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diacritical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “diacritical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
diacritical is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for diacritical in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From diacritic + -al. The correct English form is diacritical, spelled D-I-A-C-R-I-T-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction.
- 2Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diacritical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The reduplicated forms and the fineness of the diacritical strokes, render his book troublesome to the reader
California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).
Etymology
From diacritic + -al.
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.