corporate social responsibility

noun

"corporate-social-responsibility" is a 29-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“corporate social responsibility” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
31
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature.

Key facts for corporate social responsibility
PropertyValue
Headwordcorporate social responsibility
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters31
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “corporate social responsibility” sits in English frequency

corporate social responsibility falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for corporate social responsibility is 31 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

  1. 1
    A form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "corporate social responsibility"?
"corporate social responsibility" is 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.
What does "corporate social responsibility" mean?
As a noun, "corporate social responsibility" means: A form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature.
What language does "corporate social responsibility" come from?
"corporate social responsibility" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “corporate social responsibility”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is 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 - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list