noncommittal
/ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/
"noncommittal" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“noncommittal” is uncommon English (frequency #77,035 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,035
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-noncommittal · noncommittal · English
noncommittal · rank #77,035 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,035
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Ninh
Nearest frequency peer: Ninh (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “noncommittal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- neutrally
neutrally
22,970 corpus weight
- newsagent
newsagent
22,969 corpus weight
- Ninh
Ninh
22,968 corpus weight
- noncommittal
noncommittal
22,966 corpus weight
- northbridge
northbridge
22,964 corpus weight
- Nove
Nove
22,963 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “noncommittal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “noncommittal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
noncommittal is uncommon English at frequency #77,035 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how noncommittal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Major's face was noncommittal.
The noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording.
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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