inadvertence
"inadvertence" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inadvertence” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inadvertence · inadvertence · English
inadvertence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | inadvertence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inadvertence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inadvertence is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for inadvertence, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French inadvertance. The correct English form is inadvertence, spelled I-N-A-D-V-E-R-T-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
- 2An effect or result of inattention; an oversight or mistake from negligence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inadvertence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
The size is an inadvertence like the tailor's stitches, to allow a style to emerge.
Etymology
From Middle French inadvertance.
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.