nonappearance
"nonappearance" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nonappearance” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A failure to appear, especially at a legal trial.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nonappearance · nonappearance · English
nonappearance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | nonappearance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nonappearance” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nonappearance is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A failure to appear, especially at a legal trial.".
No misspelling variants are generated for nonappearance in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English noon apparans, noon apparaunce, noun apperaunce; equivalent to non- + appearance. The correct English form is nonappearance, spelled N-O-N-A-P-P-E-A-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A failure to appear, especially at a legal trial.
Etymology
From Middle English noon apparans, noon apparaunce, noun apperaunce; equivalent to non- + appearance.
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.