# particular

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/ · frequency rank #1,092

## Definitions
1. Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
2. Specific; discrete; concrete.
3. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
4. Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
5. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
6. Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
7. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
8. Containing a part only; limited.
9. Holding a particular estate.
10. Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

## Etymology
From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle + -ar. Compare particle.

## Easily confused with
- **particulars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/particular-vs-particulars)
- **particulate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/particular-vs-particulate)
- **particularly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/particular-vs-particularly)

## Common misspellings (15)
`aprticular`, `paritcular`, `parrticular`, `partciular`, `particcular`, `particluar`, `particualr`, `particularr`, `particullar`, `particulra`, `partiuclar`, `partticular`, `patricular`, `pparticular`, `praticular`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/particular