egalitarianism

noun

"egalitarianism" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“egalitarianism” is uncommon English (frequency #51,678 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,678
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.

Corpus desk

Index EN-egalitarianism · egalitarianism · English

egalitarianism · rank #51,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,678
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH earthenware

Nearest frequency peer: earthenware (-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 “egalitarianism”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “egalitarianism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for egalitarianism
PropertyValue
Headwordegalitarianism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Frequency rank#51,678
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “egalitarianism” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).egalitarianismfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “earthenware” (#51,677), “Ekaterina” (#51,680), “EKG” (#51,681). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “egalitarianism” is #51,678. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

egalitarianism is uncommon English at frequency #51,678 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.".

egalitarianism doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From egalitarian + -ism. The correct English form is egalitarianism, spelled E-G-A-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The gap between rich and poor is growing in ways that mock American middle-class egalitarianism.

Etymology

From egalitarian + -ism.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "egalitarianism"?
"egalitarianism" is spelled E-G-A-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-M.
What does "egalitarianism" mean?
As a noun, "egalitarianism" means: The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
What is the origin of the word "egalitarianism"?
From egalitarian + -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 "egalitarianism", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list