chauvinistic

adj

"chauvinistic" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chauvinistic” is uncommon English (frequency #66,557 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,557
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chauvinistic · chauvinistic · English

chauvinistic · rank #66,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,557
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH chatbot

Nearest frequency peer: chatbot (-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 “chauvinistic”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chauvinistic
PropertyValue
Headwordchauvinistic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#66,557
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “chauvinistic” 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).chauvinisticfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “chatbot” (#66,556), “cheerfulness” (#66,558), “charterhouse” (#66,555). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “chauvinistic” is #66,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chauvinistic is uncommon English at frequency #66,557 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for chauvinistic in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From chauvinist + -ic. The correct English form is chauvinistic, spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N-I-S-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. It would be smallmindedly chauvinistic to pretend that Scotland was other than a strong participant in the furthering of British Imperial ambitions.

Etymology

From chauvinist + -ic.

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 "chauvinistic"?
"chauvinistic" is spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N-I-S-T-I-C.
What does "chauvinistic" mean?
As an adjective, "chauvinistic" means: Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists.
What is the origin of the word "chauvinistic"?
From chauvinist + -ic. 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 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list