Catholicism
/kəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm/
"catholicism" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Catholicism” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,785. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,785
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Catholicism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #17,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Catholicism” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Catholicism (IPA /kəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,785 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Catholicism, with forms such as "actholicism", "cahtolicism", and "cathholicism". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compare French catholicisme. The correct English form is Catholicism, spelled C-A-T-H-O-L-I-C-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.
Etymology
Compare French catholicisme.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- actholicism
- cahtolicism
- cathholicism
- cathloicism
- cathoilcism
- catholciism
- catholiccism
- catholicims
- catholicismm
- catholicissm
- catholicsim
- catholiicsm
- cathollicism
- catohlicism
- cattholicism
- ccatholicism
- ctaholicism
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Catholicism - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Catholicism”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-T-H-O-L-I-C-I-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.