traversal
"traversal" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“traversal” is uncommon English (frequency #66,360 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,360
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of traversing; a crossing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-traversal · traversal · English
traversal · rank #66,360 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,360
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH towpath
Nearest frequency peer: towpath (-4 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 “traversal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tormentor
tormentor
33,648 corpus weight
- torturer
torturer
33,647 corpus weight
- towpath
towpath
33,645 corpus weight
- traversal
traversal
33,641 corpus weight
- Turku
Turku
33,634 corpus weight
- Tuvalu
Tuvalu
33,633 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “traversal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | traversal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,360 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “traversal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
traversal is uncommon English at frequency #66,360 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for traversal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From traverse + -al. The correct English form is traversal, spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-S-A-L.
Definition
- 1The act of traversing; a crossing.
- 2The product or result of traversing.
- 3The act of following a path or route.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how traversal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His traversal of the mountains allowed him a view from the peak.
The Stephenson Locomotive Society (North Western Area) and the Manchester Locomotive Society are co-operating in running a special corridor train, to be worked by an 0-6-0 locomotive of the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, on Saturday, May 12, over a route which includes visits to four historic stations, ascent of the 1 in 27 Werneth Incline, and tr…
Etymology
From traverse + -al.
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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