# alcoholism

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔˌlɪzəm/ · frequency rank #15,948

## Definitions
1. A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
2. Acute alcohol poisoning.

## Etymology
From alcohol + -ism. Derived from New Latin alcoholismus chronicus, coined by the Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss in 1849.

## Easily confused with
- **alcoholic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alcoholic-vs-alcoholism)

## Common misspellings (15)
`acloholism`, `alccoholism`, `alchoolism`, `alcohholism`, `alcohloism`, `alcohoilsm`, `alcoholims`, `alcoholismm`, `alcoholissm`, `alcohollism`, `alcoholsim`, `alcoohlism`, `allcoholism`, `alocholism`, `lacoholism`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/alcoholism