nongovernmental
"nongovernmental" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nongovernmental” has 24 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,797. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,797
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 24
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not governmental; not derived from a government; civilian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nongovernmental · nongovernmental · English
nongovernmental · rank #47,797 · 24 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,797
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 24 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nocturne
Nearest frequency peer: nocturne (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “nongovernmental”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- newsflash
newsflash
52,208 corpus weight
- nocturne
nocturne
52,205 corpus weight
- nongovernme…
nongovernmental
52,204 corpus weight
- nooks
nooks
52,203 corpus weight
- nostra
nostra
52,202 corpus weight
- nudging
nudging
52,201 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “nongovernmental” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nongovernmental |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #47,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nongovernmental” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 24 spelling variants around nongovernmental, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,797 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Not governmental; not derived from a government; civilian.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for nongovernmental, with forms such as "nnogovernmental", "nnongovernmental", and "nognovernmental". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From non- + governmental. The correct English form is nongovernmental, spelled N-O-N-G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Not governmental; not derived from a government; civilian.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nongovernmental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When a fishing boat of Huangqi township of Fujian's Lianjiang county, which was engaged in nongovernmental trade, was having a transaction with a Matzu trader near the waters of Matzu island on the afternoon of 23 April, the troops garrisoned in Matzu opened fire at them, killing one and injuring two.
To the contrary, compared to the Pew Research Center respondents who either worked for government or lived in a household with someone who did, those who worked for nongovernmental employers under contracts and grants were usually the most distrusting of all.
Etymology
From non- + governmental.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnogovernmental
- nnongovernmental
- nognovernmental
- nonggovernmental
- nongoevrnmental
- nongovenrmental
- nongovermnental
- nongovernemntal
- nongovernmenatl
- nongovernmenntal
- nongovernmentall
- nongovernmentla
- nongovernmenttal
- nongovernmetnal
- nongovernmmental
- nongovernmnetal
- nongovernnmental
- nongoverrnmental
- nongovrenmental
- nongovvernmental
- nongvoernmental
- nonngovernmental
- nonogvernmental
- onngovernmental
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nongovernmental - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nongovernmental", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).
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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.