independant
"independant" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“independant” is uncommon English (frequency #62,996 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,996
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of independent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-independant · independant · English
independant · rank #62,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,996
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH incoherently
Nearest frequency peer: incoherently (-2 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 “independant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- impermissib…
impermissible
37,010 corpus weight
- imprudent
imprudent
37,008 corpus weight
- incoherently
incoherently
37,007 corpus weight
- independant
independant
37,005 corpus weight
- interdict
interdict
37,002 corpus weight
- interrogati…
interrogative
37,000 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “independant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | independant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “independant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
independant is uncommon English at frequency #62,996 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for independant, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is independant, spelled I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of independent.
- 2Misspelling of independent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how independant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This Perſian grandee reſolved, if poſſible, to humble the inſolence and haughtineſs of Lyſander, and for this purpoſe diſpatched ſome of his emiſſaries to Sparta, where they expoſed his ambitious views, charging him with an intention to render himſelf general for life, and independant of his conſtituents, and alleged ſuch probable reaſons for what they ſa…
It is desirable that all people should adopt one and the same æra, independant of moral revolutions, and founded solely on astronomical phænomena.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).