non-parliamentary

adj

"non-parliamentary" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of nonparliamentary.

Corpus desk

Index EN-non-parliamentary · non-parliamentary · English

non-parliamentary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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 non-parliamentary
PropertyValue
Headwordnon-parliamentary
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “non-parliamentary” in English

non-parliamentaryranks 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

non-parliamentary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of nonparliamentary.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for non-parliamentary in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 non- + parliamentary. The correct English form is non-parliamentary, spelled N-O-N---P-A-R-L-I-A-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of nonparliamentary.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. They adhered to this view even when the non-parliamentary Advisory Group, headed by Sir Ivan Stedeford, was later set up to cover much of the same ground for the Government.

Etymology

From non- + parliamentary.

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 "non-parliamentary"?
"non-parliamentary" is spelled N-O-N---P-A-R-L-I-A-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y.
What does "non-parliamentary" mean?
As an adjective, "non-parliamentary" means: Alternative form of nonparliamentary.
What is the origin of the word "non-parliamentary"?
From non- + parliamentary. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list