pronouncement
"pronouncement" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pronouncement” is uncommon English (frequency #50,742 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,742
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An official public announcement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pronouncement · pronouncement · English
pronouncement · rank #50,742 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,742
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH progressivism
Nearest frequency peer: progressivism (-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 “pronouncement”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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pricked
49,263 corpus weight
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privateer
49,262 corpus weight
- procreate
procreate
49,261 corpus weight
- progressivi…
progressivism
49,260 corpus weight
- pronounceme…
pronouncement
49,259 corpus weight
- prowler
prowler
49,257 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pronouncement” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pronouncement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #50,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pronouncement” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pronouncement is uncommon English at frequency #50,742 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pronouncement has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement. By surface analysis, pronounce + -ment. Doublet of pronunciamento. The correct English form is pronouncement, spelled P-R-O-N-O-U-N-C-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1An official public announcement.
- 2An utterance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pronouncement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict.
Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement. By surface analysis, pronounce + -ment. Doublet of pronunciamento.
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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