supranational
"supranational" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“supranational” is uncommon English (frequency #55,783 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,783
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beyond the borders or scope of any one nation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-supranational · supranational · English
supranational · rank #55,783 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,783
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sundial
Nearest frequency peer: sundial (-2 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 “supranational”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stocker
stocker
44,225 corpus weight
- streaky
streaky
44,223 corpus weight
- Sulaiman
Sulaiman
44,221 corpus weight
- sundial
sundial
44,220 corpus weight
- supranation…
supranational
44,218 corpus weight
- Sydenham
Sydenham
44,216 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “supranational” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supranational |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #55,783 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “supranational” in English
Rare enough to double-check
supranational is uncommon English at frequency #55,783 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beyond the borders or scope of any one nation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for supranational, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From supra- + national. The correct English form is supranational, spelled S-U-P-R-A-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Beyond the borders or scope of any one nation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how supranational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Global warming is a supranational problem.
The Systems Alliance is an independent supranational government representing the interests of humanity as a whole. The Alliance is responsible for the governance and defense of all extra-solar colonies and stations. […]
Etymology
From supra- + national.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).