tautological
"tautological" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tautological” is uncommon English (frequency #93,219 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,219
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or using tautology.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tautological · tautological · English
tautological · rank #93,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,219
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Taniguchi
Nearest frequency peer: Taniguchi (-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 “tautological”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- synonymously
synonymously
6,788 corpus weight
- Talavera
Talavera
6,786 corpus weight
- Taniguchi
Taniguchi
6,785 corpus weight
- tautological
tautological
6,782 corpus weight
- tearjerker
tearjerker
6,778 corpus weight
- telework
telework
6,776 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tautological” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tautological |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #93,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tautological” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tautological is uncommon English at frequency #93,219 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tautological, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tautology + -ical. The correct English form is tautological, spelled T-A-U-T-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, or using tautology.
- 2Using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary.
Etymology
From tautology + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).