incomprehension
"incomprehension" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incomprehension” is uncommon English (frequency #91,634 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,634
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand.
Corpus desk
Index EN-incomprehension · incomprehension · English
incomprehension · rank #91,634 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,634
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH inebriation
Nearest frequency peer: inebriation (+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 “incomprehension”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ICMP
ICMP
8,376 corpus weight
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8,370 corpus weight
- incomprehen…
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8,367 corpus weight
- inebriation
inebriation
8,366 corpus weight
- interneurons
interneurons
8,361 corpus weight
- interweb
interweb
8,360 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “incomprehension” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incomprehension |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #91,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “incomprehension” in English
Rare enough to double-check
incomprehension is uncommon English at frequency #91,634 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand.".
Zero misspellings are on record for incomprehension in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From in- + comprehension. The correct English form is incomprehension, spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-R-E-H-E-N-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incomprehension appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stephen blushed; and his father looked from one to the other in a state of utter incomprehension.
(...) and the wearied worker, borne at evening through crowded undergrounds, might read his name with a listless incomprehension.
Etymology
From in- + comprehension.
Antonyms
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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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).