valedictory
/ˌvælɪˈdɪktəɹi/
"valedictory" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“valedictory” is uncommon English (frequency #78,254 among 7,391 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,254
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to a valediction (“an act of parting company; a speech made when parting company”); designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.
Corpus desk
Index EN-valedictory · valedictory · English
valedictory · rank #78,254 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,254
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,391
- PHOTO-FINISH upvote
Nearest frequency peer: upvote (-5 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 “valedictory”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unrecognisa…
unrecognisable
21,754 corpus weight
- upvote
upvote
21,752 corpus weight
- valedictory
valedictory
21,747 corpus weight
- Vijaya
Vijaya
21,742 corpus weight
- Villareal
Villareal
21,741 corpus weight
- virtuosic
virtuosic
21,739 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “valedictory” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | valedictory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌvælɪˈdɪktəɹi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “valedictory” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
valedictory is uncommon English at frequency #78,254 among 7,391 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌvælɪˈdɪktəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for valedictory, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin valedictum + English -ory (suffix forming nouns meaning ‘that which pertains to’, or adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Valedictum is the accusative supine of valedīcō (“to bid farewell; to give a valediction”), from valē (“farewell, good… The correct English form is valedictory, spelled V-A-L-E-D-I-C-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to a valediction (“an act of parting company; a speech made when parting company”); designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.
- 2Of or pertaining to a valedictorian (“the individual in a graduating class who delivers the farewell address, often the person who graduates with the highest grades”).
Etymology
From Latin valedictum + English -ory (suffix forming nouns meaning ‘that which pertains to’, or adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Valedictum is the accusative supine of valedīcō (“to bid farewell; to give a valediction”), from valē (“farewell, goodbye”) (the imperative of valeō (“to be healthy or well; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“powerful, strong; to rule”)) + dīcō (“to say, speak”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”)). By surface analysis, valedict + -ory.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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