occupational
/ɑkjuˈpeɪʃənəl/
"occupational" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“occupational” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,898
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, belonging, or relating to an occupation (in any sense).
Corpus desk
Index EN-occupational · occupational · English
occupational · rank #10,898 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,898
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH obstacle
Nearest frequency peer: obstacle (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “occupational”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- natives
natives
89,107 corpus weight
- Nottingham
Nottingham
89,106 corpus weight
- obstacle
obstacle
89,104 corpus weight
- occupational
occupational
89,103 corpus weight
- OG
OG
89,102 corpus weight
- onset
onset
89,101 corpus weight
What this shows “occupational” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | occupational |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɑkjuˈpeɪʃənəl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #10,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “occupational”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around occupational (IPA /ɑkjuˈpeɪʃənəl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,898 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of, belonging, or relating to an occupation (in any sense).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for occupational, with forms such as "cocupational", "occpuational", and "occuaptional". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "occupations", "occupation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From occupation (noun) + -al (suffix forming adjectives). The correct English form is occupational, spelled O-C-C-U-P-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, belonging, or relating to an occupation (in any sense).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how occupational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Boredom is an occupational hazard if you are a checkout operator.
She added that if someone is experiencing a high degree of distress because of scelerophobia and their social and occupational functioning is being affected, she recommends seeing a medical provider or mental health professional.
Etymology
From occupation (noun) + -al (suffix forming adjectives).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cocupational
- occpuational
- occuaptional
- occupaitonal
- occupatinoal
- occupatioanl
- occupationall
- occupationla
- occupationnal
- occupatoinal
- occupattional
- occuppational
- occuptaional
- ocucpational
- ocupational
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of occupational - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "occupational", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).