delusion of grandeur
"delusion-of-grandeur" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“delusion of grandeur” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The false belief that one is important or powerful, accompanying certain mental disorders.
Corpus desk
Index EN-delusion-of-grandeur · delusion of grandeur · English
delusion of grandeur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | delusion of grandeur |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “delusion of grandeur” in English
Rare enough to double-check
delusion of grandeur is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
delusion of grandeur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is delusion of grandeur, spelled D-E-L-U-S-I-O-N- -O-F- -G-R-A-N-D-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1The false belief that one is important or powerful, accompanying certain mental disorders.
- 2Conceitedness or overconfidence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how delusion of grandeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[A]s Han Solo, always the voice of reason in the series, says, “I'm out of it for a little while, and everyone gets delusions of grandeur.”
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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.