Levitical

adj

"levitical" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Levitical” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to the book of Leviticus.

Corpus desk

Index EN-levitical · Levitical · English

Levitical · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" 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.

Key facts for Levitical
PropertyValue
HeadwordLevitical
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Levitical” in English

Leviticalranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Levitical is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relating to the book of Leviticus.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Levitical, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Levitical, spelled L-E-V-I-T-I-C-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relating to the book of Leviticus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Levitical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The invective heaped upon Charles Shively for his burning of the egregious Levitical text [i.e. Leviticus 18:22] is cruel and misdirected. Christianity is indeed the enemy when it countenances the abuse of any of God's children, and we who worship a living and loving Christ ought to be joining, not obstructing, Charlies efforts to expose the hate that has…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Levitical"?
"Levitical" is spelled L-E-V-I-T-I-C-A-L.
What does "Levitical" mean?
As an adjective, "Levitical" means: Relating to the book of Leviticus.
What language does "Levitical" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list