influential
/ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/
"influential" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“influential” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #6,151 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #6,151
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having or exerting influence.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | influential |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “influential” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for influential is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,151 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Having or exerting influence.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for influential, with forms such as "ifnluential", "inffluential", and "infleuntial". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Medieval Latin īnfluentiālis, from īnfluentia + -ālis. By surface analysis, influence + -ial. The correct English form is influential, spelled I-N-F-L-U-E-N-T-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Having or exerting influence.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin īnfluentiālis, from īnfluentia + -ālis. By surface analysis, influence + -ial.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ifnluential,inffluential,infleuntial,inflluential,influenital,influenntial,influentail,influentiall,influentila,influenttial,influetnial,influnetial,infulential,inlfuential,innfluential,nifluential
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of influential - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “influential”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-F-L-U-E-N-T-I-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.