ontological

Name: ontological, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ontological” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,368
frequency rank, English: 1,431
“O” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to ontology.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ontological · ontological · English

ontological · rank #40,368 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #40,368
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 1,431
PHOTO-FINISH optimisation

Nearest frequency peer: optimisation (+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.

Nuttall

59,639
NWS

59,638
oba

59,637
obstinate

59,636
ontological

59,633
optimisation

59,631

What this shows “ontological” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for ontological
Property	Value
Headword	ontological
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#40,368
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ontological”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).ontologicallands here:

#40,368

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “optimisation” (#40,370), “obstinate” (#40,365), “oba” (#40,364). Among 1,431 “O” headwords, “ontological” is #40,368. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around ontological, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,368 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for ontological, with forms such as "notological", "onntological", and "onotlogical". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From ontology + -ical. The correct English form is ontological, spelled O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.

Definition

1
Of or relating to ontology.
2
Of or pertaining to the nature of being or existence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ontological appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put in three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: ‘What is there?’ It can be answered, moreover, in a word—‘Everything’—and everyone will accept this answer as true.
Applying a critical discourse analysis to MM, this thesis argues that far-right media portrays any challenge to the status quo, be it demographic, political, cultural, or social, as threatening to ontological security by utilizing a Positive Self and Negative Other dichotomy.

Etymology

From ontology + -ical.

This word in other languages

ontológico(Español)ontologique(Français)ontologisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

notological
onntological
onotlogical
ontloogical
ontolgoical
ontollogical
ontologcial
ontologgical
ontologiacl
ontologicall
ontologiccal
ontologicla
ontoloigcal
ontoolgical
onttological
otnological

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ontological - 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.

Edit distance from "ontological"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ontological"?

"ontological" is spelled O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.

What does "ontological" mean?

As an adjective, "ontological" means: Of or relating to ontology.

What are common misspellings of "ontological"?

Common misspellings include "notological", "onntological", "onotlogical", "ontloogical", "ontolgoical". The correct spelling is "ontological".

What is the origin of the word "ontological"?

From ontology + -ical. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ontological", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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