algolagnia
/alɡə(ʊ)ˈlaɡnɪə/
"algolagnia" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“algolagnia” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.
Corpus desk
Index EN-algolagnia · algolagnia · English
algolagnia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | algolagnia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /alɡə(ʊ)ˈlaɡnɪə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “algolagnia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
algolagnia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /alɡə(ʊ)ˈlaɡnɪə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for algolagnia, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Algolagnie, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + λαγνεία (lagneía, “lust”). Equivalent to algo- + -lagnia. The correct English form is algolagnia, spelled A-L-G-O-L-A-G-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.
Etymology
From German Algolagnie, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + λαγνεία (lagneía, “lust”). Equivalent to algo- + -lagnia.
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.