miscomputation
"miscomputation" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“miscomputation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The incorrect performance of a computation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-miscomputation · miscomputation · English
miscomputation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miscomputation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “miscomputation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
miscomputation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for miscomputation, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mis- + computation. The correct English form is miscomputation, spelled M-I-S-C-O-M-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The incorrect performance of a computation.
- 2A wrong or incorrect computation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how miscomputation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His miscomputation of the amount of tax he owed increased his tax bill.
The miscomputation of the library's weight was the result of not accounting for the weight of the books.
Etymology
From mis- + computation.
Synonyms
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.