neglectful
"neglectful" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neglectful” is uncommon English (frequency #55,614 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,614
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention; forgetful.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neglectful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “neglectful” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
neglectful is uncommon English at frequency #55,614 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention; forgetful.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for neglectful, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From neglect + -ful. The correct English form is neglectful, spelled N-E-G-L-E-C-T-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention; forgetful.
Etymology
From neglect + -ful.
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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Using “neglectful”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-E-G-L-E-C-T-F-U-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.