philatelic
/fɪləˈtɛlɪk/
"philatelic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“philatelic” is uncommon English (frequency #71,003 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,003
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists.
Corpus desk
Index EN-philatelic · philatelic · English
philatelic · rank #71,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,003
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH perspex
Nearest frequency peer: perspex (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “philatelic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- penitence
penitence
29,002 corpus weight
- penumbra
penumbra
29,001 corpus weight
- perspex
perspex
29,000 corpus weight
- philatelic
philatelic
28,998 corpus weight
- Phobos
Phobos
28,996 corpus weight
- Phoenicia
Phoenicia
28,995 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “philatelic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | philatelic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fɪləˈtɛlɪk/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “philatelic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
philatelic is uncommon English at frequency #71,003 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fɪləˈtɛlɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists.".
philatelic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From philately + -ic. The correct English form is philatelic, spelled P-H-I-L-A-T-E-L-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how philatelic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jane was a member of the Philatelic Society.
Etymology
From philately + -ic.
This word in other languages
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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