submittal

noun

"submittal" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“submittal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of submitting; submission

Corpus desk

Index EN-submittal · submittal · English

submittal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for submittal
PropertyValue
Headwordsubmittal
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “submittal” in English

submittalranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

submittal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for submittal in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From submit + -al. The correct English form is submittal, spelled S-U-B-M-I-T-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of submitting; submission
  2. 2
    Something submitted or to be submitted; a submission.
  3. 3
    Data about a product, such as shop drawings, material data, or samples.

Etymology

From submit + -al.

Synonyms

submissionsubmittance

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "submittal"?
"submittal" is spelled S-U-B-M-I-T-T-A-L.
What does "submittal" mean?
As a noun, "submittal" means: The act of submitting; submission
What is the origin of the word "submittal"?
From submit + -al. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list