polygonal
/pəˈlɪɡənəl/
"polygonal" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“polygonal” is uncommon English (frequency #50,729 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,729
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having many angles; hence characteristic of a polygon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-polygonal · polygonal · English
polygonal · rank #50,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,729
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH policewoman
Nearest frequency peer: policewoman (-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 “polygonal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- plover
plover
49,277 corpus weight
- pokey
pokey
49,276 corpus weight
- policewoman
policewoman
49,274 corpus weight
- polygonal
polygonal
49,272 corpus weight
- postdoc
postdoc
49,270 corpus weight
- potluck
potluck
49,268 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “polygonal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polygonal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pəˈlɪɡənəl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “polygonal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
polygonal is uncommon English at frequency #50,729 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pəˈlɪɡənəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
polygonal has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From polygon + -al. The correct English form is polygonal, spelled P-O-L-Y-G-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Having many angles; hence characteristic of a polygon.
- 2Comprised of polygons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polygonal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Various forms of conductors have been invented, such as wooden and iron pipes, of a round, square, and polygonal section; but at present, scarcely any other than sheet or cast iron pipes are employed.
The old path paved with polygonal masonry.
Etymology
From polygon + -al.
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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