misbehaviour
/ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjɚ/
"misbehaviour" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“misbehaviour” is uncommon English (frequency #75,209 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,209
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of misbehavior.
Corpus desk
Index EN-misbehaviour · misbehaviour · English
misbehaviour · rank #75,209 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,209
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH misanthropic
Nearest frequency peer: misanthropic (-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 “misbehaviour”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- misanthrope
misanthrope
24,794 corpus weight
- misanthropic
misanthropic
24,793 corpus weight
- misbehaviour
misbehaviour
24,792 corpus weight
- misleadingly
misleadingly
24,791 corpus weight
- moar
moar
24,787 corpus weight
- Modoc
Modoc
24,786 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “misbehaviour” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | misbehaviour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjɚ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #75,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “misbehaviour” in English
Rare enough to double-check
misbehaviour is uncommon English at frequency #75,209 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of misbehavior.".
misbehaviour doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mis- + behaviour. The correct English form is misbehaviour, spelled M-I-S-B-E-H-A-V-I-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of misbehavior.
Etymology
From mis- + behaviour.
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 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).