commercialism

noun

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"commercialism" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“commercialism” is uncommon English (frequency #56,675 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,675
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.

Key facts for commercialism
PropertyValue
Headwordcommercialism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,675
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “commercialism” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). commercialism lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

commercialism is uncommon English at frequency #56,675 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

commercialism doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From commercial + -ism. The correct English form is commercialism, spelled C-O-M-M-E-R-C-I-A-L-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
  2. 2
    A tendency to value profit over everything else.

Etymology

From commercial + -ism.

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 "commercialism"?
"commercialism" is spelled C-O-M-M-E-R-C-I-A-L-I-S-M.
What does "commercialism" mean?
As a noun, "commercialism" means: The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
What is the origin of the word "commercialism"?
From commercial + -ism. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “commercialism”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-M-E-R-C-I-A-L-I-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list