dualism
"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
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Duality; the condition of being double.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dualism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dualism” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around dualism, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,028 among 26,416 “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
- 1Duality; the condition of being double.
- 2The view that the world consists of, or is explicable in terms of, two fundamental principles, such as mind and matter or good and evil.
- 3The 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.
- 4The legal doctrine that international law must be transposed into domestic law to have effect.
- 5The 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.
Etymology
From dual + -ism.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “dualism”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-U-A-L-I-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “duality” - see the side-by-side comparison. dualism vs duality
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.