explication
"explication" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“explication” is uncommon English (frequency #79,502 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,502
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of opening or unfolding.
Corpus desk
Index EN-explication · explication · English
explication · rank #79,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,502
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH factoid
Nearest frequency peer: factoid (+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 “explication”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ethnocentric
ethnocentric
20,504 corpus weight
- euphorbia
euphorbia
20,502 corpus weight
- evanescent
evanescent
20,501 corpus weight
- explication
explication
20,499 corpus weight
- factoid
factoid
20,498 corpus weight
- fallibility
fallibility
20,497 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “explication” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | explication |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “explication” in English
Rare enough to double-check
explication is uncommon English at frequency #79,502 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for explication in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French explication, from Latin explicatio, explicationem. The correct English form is explication, spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of opening or unfolding.
- 2The act of explaining; an explanation.
- 3The sense given by an expositor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how explication appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her anthemic "Who Stands For Life" is a powerful explication of what it means to be "pro-life".
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French explication, from Latin explicatio, explicationem.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).