albinism
/ˈælbəˌnɪzəm/
"albinism" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“albinism” is uncommon English (frequency #64,168 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,168
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.
Corpus desk
Index EN-albinism · albinism · English
albinism · rank #64,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,168
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alda
Nearest frequency peer: Alda (+2 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 “albinism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- acquirer
acquirer
35,838 corpus weight
- affirmative…
affirmatively
35,837 corpus weight
- agonized
agonized
35,836 corpus weight
- albinism
albinism
35,833 corpus weight
- Alda
Alda
35,831 corpus weight
- Aleksei
Aleksei
35,829 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “albinism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albinism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈælbəˌnɪzəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “albinism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
albinism is uncommon English at frequency #64,168 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈælbəˌnɪzəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for albinism, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From albino + -ism. The correct English form is albinism, spelled A-L-B-I-N-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.
Etymology
From albino + -ism.
Antonyms
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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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