reputational
"reputational" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reputational” is uncommon English (frequency #63,946 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,946
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to reputation
Corpus desk
Index EN-reputational · reputational · English
reputational · rank #63,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,946
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH replicator
Nearest frequency peer: replicator (-3 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 “reputational”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- relearn
relearn
36,060 corpus weight
- replicator
replicator
36,058 corpus weight
- reputational
reputational
36,055 corpus weight
- Rilke
Rilke
36,051 corpus weight
- riverine
riverine
36,049 corpus weight
- rocksteady
rocksteady
36,045 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reputational” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reputational |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reputational” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reputational is uncommon English at frequency #63,946 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to reputation".
No generated misspelling entries exist for reputational in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From reputation + -al. The correct English form is reputational, spelled R-E-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to reputation
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reputational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The financial planning profession as a whole now faces an uphill battle to overcome the reputational damage caused by one large bad apple.
Etymology
From reputation + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).