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deism

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "deism", 5-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "deism" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "deism" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

Deism is aEnglishnoun. It means: A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revela... Pronounced /ˈdiːɪz(ə)m/.

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Key facts for Deism
PropertyValue
HeadwordDeism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdiːɪz(ə)m/
Letters5
Frequency rank#71,438
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Deism in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

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Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for Deism is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdiːɪz(ə)m/. Corpus data places it at rank #71,438 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Deism in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Deism, spelled D-E-I-S-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revelation, and holy books or revealed religions that assert such things exist.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of deism.

Frequency rank: #71,438 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Deism"?
"Deism" is spelled D-E-I-S-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdiːɪz(ə)m/.
What does "Deism" mean?
As a noun, "Deism" means: A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revela...
How do you pronounce "Deism"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Deism" is /ˈdiːɪz(ə)m/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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.