toleration
/tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/
"toleration" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“toleration” is uncommon English (frequency #50,277 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,277
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endurance of evil, suffering etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-toleration · toleration · English
toleration · rank #50,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,277
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH topsoil
Nearest frequency peer: topsoil (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “toleration”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- thousandth
thousandth
49,730 corpus weight
- tittle
tittle
49,727 corpus weight
- toddy
toddy
49,726 corpus weight
- toleration
toleration
49,724 corpus weight
- topsoil
topsoil
49,723 corpus weight
- trembled
trembled
49,719 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “toleration” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toleration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “toleration” in English
Rare enough to double-check
toleration is uncommon English at frequency #50,277 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɒləˈɹeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for toleration, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French toleration, from Latin tolerātiōnem, accusative singular of tolerātiō, from the verb tolerō (“I tolerate”). Compare tolerance. The correct English form is toleration, spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Endurance of evil, suffering etc.
- 2The allowance of something not explicitly approved; tolerance, forbearance.
- 3Specifically, the allowance by a government (or other ruling power) of the exercise of religion beyond the state established faith.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how toleration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Above all, the establishment of toleration helped to weaken the presumption that plurality in matters of faith inevitably caused social disorder.
Etymology
From Middle French toleration, from Latin tolerātiōnem, accusative singular of tolerātiō, from the verb tolerō (“I tolerate”). Compare tolerance.
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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