collectivist
/kəˈlɛktɪvɪst/
"collectivist" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“collectivist” is uncommon English (frequency #55,335 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,335
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to collectivism.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | collectivist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kəˈlɛktɪvɪst/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #55,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “collectivist” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
collectivist is uncommon English at frequency #55,335 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kəˈlɛktɪvɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to collectivism.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for collectivist, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From collective + -ist. The correct English form is collectivist, spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-V-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to collectivism.
Etymology
From collective + -ist.
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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Using “collectivist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-V-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kəˈlɛktɪvɪst/ (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.