transmittal
"transmittal" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“transmittal” is uncommon English (frequency #93,252 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,252
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of transmitting a message; a transmission.
Corpus desk
Index EN-transmittal · transmittal · English
transmittal · rank #93,252 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,252
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH transcoding
Nearest frequency peer: transcoding (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “transmittal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tradecraft
tradecraft
6,753 corpus weight
- transcoding
transcoding
6,750 corpus weight
- transmittal
transmittal
6,749 corpus weight
- transvaginal
transvaginal
6,748 corpus weight
- Traylor
Traylor
6,747 corpus weight
- Trelawney
Trelawney
6,746 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “transmittal” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transmittal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #93,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transmittal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
transmittal is uncommon English at frequency #93,252 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for transmittal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From transmit + -al. The correct English form is transmittal, spelled T-R-A-N-S-M-I-T-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1The act of transmitting a message; a transmission.
- 2An item of correspondence.
Etymology
From transmit + -al.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "transmittal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.