expansionary
"expansionary" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“expansionary” is uncommon English (frequency #69,837 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,837
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That promotes or exhibits expansion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-expansionary · expansionary · English
expansionary · rank #69,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,837
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH exothermic
Nearest frequency peer: exothermic (-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 “expansionary”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- exacerbation
exacerbation
30,170 corpus weight
- excitability
excitability
30,169 corpus weight
- existance
existance
30,167 corpus weight
- exothermic
exothermic
30,165 corpus weight
- expansionary
expansionary
30,164 corpus weight
- expensively
expensively
30,162 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “expansionary” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expansionary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “expansionary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
expansionary is uncommon English at frequency #69,837 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That promotes or exhibits expansion.".
Zero misspellings are on record for expansionary in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From expansion + -ary. The correct English form is expansionary, spelled E-X-P-A-N-S-I-O-N-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1That promotes or exhibits expansion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how expansionary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A ruthless, if strategic, expansionary policy was only part of Kautilya's vision for the state.
Etymology
From expansion + -ary.
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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