nonacquittal

noun

"nonacquittal" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“nonacquittal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absence of acquittal; failure to acquit.

Corpus desk

Index EN-nonacquittal · nonacquittal · English

nonacquittal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for nonacquittal
PropertyValue
Headwordnonacquittal
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “nonacquittal” in English

nonacquittalranks 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

nonacquittal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absence of acquittal; failure to acquit.".

nonacquittal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From non- + acquittal. The correct English form is nonacquittal, spelled N-O-N-A-C-Q-U-I-T-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Absence of acquittal; failure to acquit.

Etymology

From non- + acquittal.

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 "nonacquittal"?
"nonacquittal" is spelled N-O-N-A-C-Q-U-I-T-T-A-L.
What does "nonacquittal" mean?
As a noun, "nonacquittal" means: Absence of acquittal; failure to acquit.
What is the origin of the word "nonacquittal"?
From non- + acquittal. 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