rabbinical
/ɹəˈbɪnəkəl/
"rabbinical" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rabbinical” is uncommon English (frequency #50,756 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,756
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to rabbis, their writings, or their work.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rabbinical · rabbinical · English
rabbinical · rank #50,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,756
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rach
Nearest frequency peer: rach (+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 “rabbinical”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- quantization
quantization
49,248 corpus weight
- Queenie
Queenie
49,247 corpus weight
- rabbinical
rabbinical
49,245 corpus weight
- rach
rach
49,244 corpus weight
- raga
raga
49,243 corpus weight
- raggedy
raggedy
49,242 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rabbinical” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rabbinical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹəˈbɪnəkəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rabbinical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rabbinical is uncommon English at frequency #50,756 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɹəˈbɪnəkəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to rabbis, their writings, or their work.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rabbinical, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From rabbi + -n- + -ical. The correct English form is rabbinical, spelled R-A-B-B-I-N-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to rabbis, their writings, or their work.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rabbinical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1581, Robert Parsons, A Brief Censure vppon Two Bookes Written in Answere to M. Edmonde Campions Offer of Disputation, Doway: John Lyon, “Towching the Societie,” section heading, Three kyndes of Rabbinical expositions of the Law.
to gain a little Rabbinical Learning, and find out some unobvious signification of a Word or Phrase, he must devour the tedious and voluminous Rhapsodies that make up the Talmud, in many of which he can scarce learn any thing but the Art of saying nothing in a multitude of words;
Etymology
From rabbi + -n- + -ical.
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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