civil rights movement
/ˈsɪvɪl ˈɹaɪts ˈmuːvmənt/
"civil-rights-movement" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“civil rights movement” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a number of movements against systemic oppression in various different countries, but especially
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | civil rights movement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪvɪl ˈɹaɪts ˈmuːvmənt/ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “civil rights movement” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
civil rights movement is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɪvɪl ˈɹaɪts ˈmuːvmənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
civil rights movement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is civil rights movement, spelled C-I-V-I-L- -R-I-G-H-T-S- -M-O-V-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Any of a number of movements against systemic oppression in various different countries, but especially
- 2Any of a number of movements against systemic oppression in various different countries, but especially:
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “civil rights movement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-I-V-I-L- -R-I-G-H-T-S- -M-O-V-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɪvɪl ˈɹaɪts ˈmuːvmənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.