brutalism
"brutalism" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brutalism” is uncommon English (frequency #92,414 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,414
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brutal, violent behaviour; savagery.
Corpus desk
Index EN-brutalism · brutalism · English
brutalism · rank #92,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,414
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bruck
Nearest frequency peer: bruck (-1 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 “brutalism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- broch
broch
7,590 corpus weight
- Brotherton
Brotherton
7,589 corpus weight
- bruck
bruck
7,588 corpus weight
- brutalism
brutalism
7,587 corpus weight
- bugaboo
bugaboo
7,584 corpus weight
- Bulgakov
Bulgakov
7,583 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “brutalism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brutalism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “brutalism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
brutalism is uncommon English at frequency #92,414 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
brutalism doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From brutal + -ism. The correct English form is brutalism, spelled B-R-U-T-A-L-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Brutal, violent behaviour; savagery.
- 2Alternative letter-case form of Brutalism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how brutalism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1839, Earl of Clarendon, Speech to House of Lords, recorded in Mirror of Parliament, republished in 1840 January-June, The Eclectic Review, New Series, Volume 7, page 455, Their punishments for crimes were of the most savage nature: and the absurdities of the Theodosian Code, together with the ancient customs of Germany, came to be all blended into a sing…
Instances of misguidance like the ones given, and at least recognized in retrospect, in fascism, racism, and ecological brutalism, are also to be sensed by religious communication in other contexts.
Etymology
From brutal + -ism.
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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