classism
/ˈklæsɪzəm/
"classism" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“classism” is uncommon English (frequency #76,645 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,645
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially against those of lower social class.
Corpus desk
Index EN-classism · classism · English
classism · rank #76,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,645
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cleves
Nearest frequency peer: Cleves (+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 “classism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chillax
chillax
23,364 corpus weight
- churro
churro
23,360 corpus weight
- classism
classism
23,356 corpus weight
- Cleves
Cleves
23,355 corpus weight
- cloven
cloven
23,352 corpus weight
- clownfish
clownfish
23,351 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “classism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | classism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklæsɪzəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “classism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
classism is uncommon English at frequency #76,645 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈklæsɪzəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially against those of lower social class.".
Zero misspellings are on record for classism in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From class + -ism. The correct English form is classism, spelled C-L-A-S-S-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially against those of lower social class.
Etymology
From class + -ism.
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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