promulgation
"promulgation" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“promulgation” is uncommon English (frequency #58,946 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,946
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.
Corpus desk
Index EN-promulgation · promulgation · English
promulgation · rank #58,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,946
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH proofed
Nearest frequency peer: proofed (+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 “promulgation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- premeditati…
premeditation
41,059 corpus weight
- presidium
presidium
41,057 corpus weight
- promulgation
promulgation
41,055 corpus weight
- proofed
proofed
41,054 corpus weight
- Pru
Pru
41,053 corpus weight
- Punic
Punic
41,052 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “promulgation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | promulgation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #58,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “promulgation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
promulgation is uncommon English at frequency #58,946 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.".
promulgation has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French promulgation, from Latin prōmulgātiō. The correct English form is promulgation, spelled P-R-O-M-U-L-G-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.
Etymology
From Middle French promulgation, from Latin prōmulgātiō.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).