non-payment
"non-payment" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“non-payment” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of nonpayment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-non-payment · non-payment · English
non-payment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | non-payment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “non-payment” in English
Rare enough to double-check
non-payment is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of nonpayment.".
Zero misspellings are on record for non-payment in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is non-payment, spelled N-O-N---P-A-Y-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of nonpayment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how non-payment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[...] it appeared that in 1909 the Excess Insurance Company bought the right to recover certain sums of money due from the light railway company, and, on non-payment, secured the appointment of a Receiver in respect of the undertaking and assets of the company.
In one case at least the land on which a station was built seems to have been rented, as it is recorded that in November, 1868, a certain Mr. Rice Thomas threatened to eject the Carnarvonshire Railway from its Pant [Pant Glas] Station for non-payment of rent!
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.