hallucinatory
/həˈluː.sɪ.nə.tər.i/
"hallucinatory" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hallucinatory” is uncommon English (frequency #61,514 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,514
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hallucinatory · hallucinatory · English
hallucinatory · rank #61,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,514
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hallow
Nearest frequency peer: hallow (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hallucinatory”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gutta
gutta
38,492 corpus weight
- habanero
habanero
38,491 corpus weight
- hallow
hallow
38,488 corpus weight
- hallucinato…
hallucinatory
38,487 corpus weight
- hanky
hanky
38,485 corpus weight
- hardtop
hardtop
38,483 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hallucinatory” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hallucinatory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /həˈluː.sɪ.nə.tər.i/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #61,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hallucinatory” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hallucinatory is uncommon English at frequency #61,514 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /həˈluː.sɪ.nə.tər.i/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hallucinatory 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hallucinate + -ory. The correct English form is hallucinatory, spelled H-A-L-L-U-C-I-N-A-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.
Etymology
From hallucinate + -ory.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.