with respect to
"with-respect-to" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“with respect to” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Regarding; concerning; pertaining to.
Corpus desk
Index EN-with-respect-to · with respect to · English
with respect to · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | with respect to |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “with respect to” in English
Rare enough to double-check
with respect to is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for with respect to in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is with respect to, spelled W-I-T-H- -R-E-S-P-E-C-T- -T-O.
Definition
- 1Regarding; concerning; pertaining to.
- 2Taking as the independent variable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how with respect to appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To calculate acceleration, you need to differentiate velocity with respect to time.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.