noncommittal
/ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/
"noncommittal" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“noncommittal” is an uncommon English word, ranked #77,035 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #77,035
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | noncommittal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #77,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “noncommittal” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for noncommittal is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #77,035 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.".
noncommittal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From non- + committal. The correct English form is noncommittal, spelled N-O-N-C-O-M-M-I-T-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
Etymology
From non- + committal.
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 “noncommittal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-O-N-C-O-M-M-I-T-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.