processional
"processional" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“processional” is uncommon English (frequency #61,726 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,726
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or used during a procession, particularly at the start of a religious ceremony or wedding.
Corpus desk
Index EN-processional · processional · English
processional · rank #61,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,726
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH priv
Nearest frequency peer: priv (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “processional”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- prepackaged
prepackaged
38,278 corpus weight
- PRISMA
PRISMA
38,277 corpus weight
- priv
priv
38,276 corpus weight
- processional
processional
38,275 corpus weight
- profligate
profligate
38,274 corpus weight
- prolactin
prolactin
38,273 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “processional” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | processional |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “processional” in English
Rare enough to double-check
processional is uncommon English at frequency #61,726 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or used during a procession, particularly at the start of a religious ceremony or wedding.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for processional, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From procession + -al. The correct English form is processional, spelled P-R-O-C-E-S-S-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or used during a procession, particularly at the start of a religious ceremony or wedding.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how processional appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The publick Processional-way to the Chapter-house at Windesor, used time out of mind, led from the Presence-Chamber, down through the Cloister, and the great Gate of the Kings Lodging, into the upper Ward of the Castle, thence through the middle Ward, and part of the lower, to and through the passage, between the East-end of the Chappel, and Tomb-house, a…
1799, Isaac D’Israeli, Mejnoun and Leila, the Arabian Petrarch and Laura, Book 4, in Romances, London: Cadell and Davies et al., pp. 170-171, The nuptial day arrives. The virgin, preceded by a splendid retinue, and followed by her mother, her female relatives, and the damsels of her tribe, issues from the tent of her father. […] The women then followed wi…
Etymology
From procession + -al.
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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