chauvinist

adj

"chauvinist" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chauvinist” is uncommon English (frequency #61,362 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,362
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to chauvinism.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chauvinist · chauvinist · English

chauvinist · rank #61,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,362
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chatfield

Nearest frequency peer: Chatfield (-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 “chauvinist”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “chauvinist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chauvinist
PropertyValue
Headwordchauvinist
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#61,362
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “chauvinist” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).chauvinistfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Chatfield” (#61,361), “Choudhury” (#61,365), “Chaffee” (#61,358). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “chauvinist” is #61,362. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chauvinist is uncommon English at frequency #61,362 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for chauvinist in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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: See chauvinism. The correct English form is chauvinist, spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pertaining to chauvinism.
  2. 2
    Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how chauvinist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the "pornification" of other women […]

Etymology

See chauvinism.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chauvinist"?
"chauvinist" is spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N-I-S-T.
What does "chauvinist" mean?
As an adjective, "chauvinist" means: Pertaining to chauvinism.
What is the origin of the word "chauvinist"?
See chauvinism. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list