sacramental

adj

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"sacramental" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sacramental” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,465
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used in, or relating to, a sacrament.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sacramental · sacramental · English

sacramental · rank #48,465 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,465
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ryde

Nearest frequency peer: Ryde (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sacramental”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “sacramental” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sacramental vs Sacramento
73% similar
sacramental vs sacrament
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sacramental
PropertyValue
Headwordsacramental
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#48,465
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sacramental”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).sacramentallands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Ryde” (#48,464), “Sainsbury” (#48,466), “rummaging” (#48,463). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sacramental” is #48,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around sacramental, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,465 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Used in, or relating to, a sacrament.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for sacramental, with forms such as "ascramental", "sacarmental", and "saccramental". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Sacramento", "sacrament", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French sacramental, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentālis. The correct English form is sacramental, spelled S-A-C-R-A-M-E-N-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Used in, or relating to, a sacrament.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sacramental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The altar boys got in trouble after they were caught sampling the sacramental wine instead of just passing it to the priest before communion.

Etymology

From Old French sacramental, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentālis.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ascramental
  • sacarmental
  • saccramental
  • sacraemntal
  • sacramenatl
  • sacramenntal
  • sacramentall
  • sacramentla
  • sacramenttal
  • sacrametnal
  • sacrammental
  • sacramnetal
  • sacrmaental
  • sacrramental
  • sarcamental
  • scaramental
  • ssacramental

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sacramental - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ascramental2sacarmental2saccramental1sacraemntal2sacramenatl2sacramenntal1sacramentall1sacramentla2
Edit distance from "sacramental"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacramental"?
"sacramental" is spelled S-A-C-R-A-M-E-N-T-A-L.
What does "sacramental" mean?
As an adjective, "sacramental" means: Used in, or relating to, a sacrament.
What words are commonly confused with "sacramental"?
"sacramental" is commonly confused with "Sacramento", "sacrament". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "sacramental"?
From Old French sacramental, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentālis. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sacramental", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Robespierre#48,458redirection#48,448precipitous#48,423parallelism#48,403

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

unappreciated17 variantswherewithal17 variantsadventuring17 variantslubricating17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list