nonsensical
"nonsensical" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nonsensical” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #29,760 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #29,760
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Without sense; absurd.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nonsensical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #29,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nonsensical” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for nonsensical is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #29,760 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Without sense; absurd.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for nonsensical, with forms such as "nnonsensical", "nnosensical", and "nonesnsical". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nonsense + -ical. The correct English form is nonsensical, spelled N-O-N-S-E-N-S-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Without sense; absurd.
Etymology
From nonsense + -ical.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnonsensical,nnosensical,nonesnsical,nonnsensical,nonseniscal,nonsennsical,nonsenscial,nonsensiacl,nonsensicall,nonsensiccal,nonsensicla,nonsenssical,nonsesnical,nonsnesical,nonssensical,nosnensical,onnsensical
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nonsensical - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “nonsensical”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-O-N-S-E-N-S-I-C-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.