dogmatism
/ˈdɔɡ.məˌtɪz.əm/
"dogmatism" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dogmatism” is uncommon English (frequency #83,193 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,193
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dogmatism · dogmatism · English
dogmatism · rank #83,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,193
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH doff
Nearest frequency peer: doff (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “dogmatism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- discotheque
discotheque
16,812 corpus weight
- discourteous
discourteous
16,811 corpus weight
- dither
dither
16,810 corpus weight
- doff
doff
16,809 corpus weight
- dogmatism
dogmatism
16,808 corpus weight
- doily
doily
16,807 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dogmatism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dogmatism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɔɡ.məˌtɪz.əm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dogmatism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dogmatism is uncommon English at frequency #83,193 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɔɡ.məˌtɪz.əm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dogmatism in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French dogmatisme. The correct English form is dogmatism, spelled D-O-G-M-A-T-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.
Etymology
From French dogmatisme.
This word in other languages
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.
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