nonintellectual

adj

"nonintellectual" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not intellectual.

Corpus desk

Index EN-nonintellectual · nonintellectual · English

nonintellectual · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for nonintellectual
PropertyValue
Headwordnonintellectual
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “nonintellectual” in English

nonintellectualsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nonintellectual is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for nonintellectual in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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- + intellectual. The correct English form is nonintellectual, spelled N-O-N-I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T-U-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not intellectual.
  2. 2
    Not involving the intellect.

Etymology

From non- + intellectual.

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 "nonintellectual"?
"nonintellectual" is spelled N-O-N-I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T-U-A-L.
What does "nonintellectual" mean?
As an adjective, "nonintellectual" means: Not intellectual.
What is the origin of the word "nonintellectual"?
From non- + intellectual. 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