chastisement
/ˈt͡ʃæstəzmənt/
"chastisement" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chastisement” is uncommon English (frequency #74,822 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,822
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chastisement · chastisement · English
chastisement · rank #74,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,822
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cheapness
Nearest frequency peer: cheapness (+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 “chastisement”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- CBL
CBL
25,186 corpus weight
- chastisement
chastisement
25,179 corpus weight
- cheapness
cheapness
25,178 corpus weight
- chemotherap…
chemotherapeutic
25,177 corpus weight
- cherubim
cherubim
25,176 corpus weight
- chickenshit
chickenshit
25,174 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chastisement” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chastisement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃæstəzmənt/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #74,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chastisement” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chastisement is uncommon English at frequency #74,822 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃæstəzmənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chastisement, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Old French chastiement, from the verb chastier, from Latin castīgō The correct English form is chastisement, spelled C-H-A-S-T-I-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chastisement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Besides, the King hath wasted all his rods On late offenders, that he now doth lack The very instruments of chastisement; So that his power, like to a fangless lion, May offer, but not hold.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Etymology
Old French chastiement, from the verb chastier, from Latin castīgō
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); 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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