corporate social responsibility
"corporate-social-responsibility" is a 29-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corporate social responsibility” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 31
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corporate-social-respons · corporate social responsibility · English
corporate social responsibility · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 31 letters
- VOW-13 13 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corporate social responsibility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “corporate social responsibility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
corporate social responsibility is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature.".
corporate social responsibility doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is corporate social responsibility, spelled C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-E- -S-O-C-I-A-L- -R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corporate social responsibility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Far too often, those defending or advocating for corporate social responsibility are interested in diminishing the status of capitalism, profit seeking, self-interest, and/or neoclassical economics. But I think one can embrace corporate social responsibility without this baggage.
The company's move isn't an act of corporate social responsibility—it’s a response to labor economics that others may soon follow.
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.