insignificance
"insignificance" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insignificance” is uncommon English (frequency #54,853 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,853
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the state of being insignificant
Corpus desk
Index EN-insignificance · insignificance · English
insignificance · rank #54,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,853
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH interlinked
Nearest frequency peer: interlinked (+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 “insignificance”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- impound
impound
45,150 corpus weight
- insignifica…
insignificance
45,148 corpus weight
- interlinked
interlinked
45,147 corpus weight
- interurban
interurban
45,145 corpus weight
- invincibili…
invincibility
45,142 corpus weight
- ionosphere
ionosphere
45,141 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “insignificance” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insignificance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #54,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “insignificance” in English
Rare enough to double-check
insignificance is uncommon English at frequency #54,853 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "the state of being insignificant".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for insignificance, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From in- + significance. The correct English form is insignificance, spelled I-N-S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1the state of being insignificant
Etymology
From in- + significance.
Antonyms
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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