dualism

noun

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"dualism" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dualism” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,028. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,028
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Duality; the condition of being double.

Corpus desk

Index EN-dualism · dualism · English

dualism · rank #47,028 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #47,028
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH DSI

Nearest frequency peer: DSI (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “dualism”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “dualism” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dualism vs duality
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dualism
PropertyValue
Headworddualism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,028
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dualism”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).dualismlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “DSI” (#47,027), “Dru” (#47,026), “DWP” (#47,031). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “dualism” is #47,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around dualism, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,028 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dualism, with forms such as "daulism", "ddualism", and "duailsm". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "duality", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From dual + -ism. The correct English form is dualism, spelled D-U-A-L-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Duality; the condition of being double.
  2. 2
    The view that the world consists of, or is explicable in terms of, two fundamental principles, such as mind and matter or good and evil.
  3. 3
    The belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces, such as good and evil; the belief that man has two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.
  4. 4
    The legal doctrine that international law must be transposed into domestic law to have effect.
  5. 5
    The theory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and having opposite chemical or electrical affinities.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dualism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. By breaking free of it, historians could shed the dualisms that now entrap them, and escape the declensionism - the longing for the lost alternative
  2. The same conflict between the monism of temporal theorists and the dualism of ecclesiastical thinkers—the same opposition of organic to symbiotic union—occurred in the ninth century.

Etymology

From dual + -ism.

This word in other languages

dualismo(Español)dualisme(Français)Dualismus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • daulism
  • ddualism
  • duailsm
  • dualims
  • dualismm
  • dualissm
  • duallism
  • dualsim
  • dulaism
  • udalism

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dualism - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

daulism2ddualism1duailsm2dualims2dualismm1dualissm1duallism1dualsim2
Edit distance from "dualism"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dualism"?
"dualism" is spelled D-U-A-L-I-S-M.
What does "dualism" mean?
As a noun, "dualism" means: Duality; the condition of being double.
What words are commonly confused with "dualism"?
"dualism" is commonly confused with "duality". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "dualism"?
From dual + -ism. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dualism", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list