collectivism
"collectivism" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collectivism” is uncommon English (frequency #54,085 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,085
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively
Corpus desk
Index EN-collectivism · collectivism · English
collectivism · rank #54,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,085
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cokes
Nearest frequency peer: cokes (-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 “collectivism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- coherently
coherently
45,919 corpus weight
- coitus
coitus
45,918 corpus weight
- cokes
cokes
45,917 corpus weight
- collectivism
collectivism
45,916 corpus weight
- columbo
columbo
45,915 corpus weight
- conceptuali…
conceptualization
45,913 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “collectivism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collectivism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “collectivism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
collectivism is uncommon English at frequency #54,085 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for collectivism in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From collective + -ism. The correct English form is collectivism, spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-V-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively
- 2The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.
Etymology
From collective + -ism.
Antonyms
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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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