egalitarianism
"egalitarianism" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“egalitarianism” is uncommon English (frequency #51,678 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,678
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | egalitarianism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #51,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “egalitarianism” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
egalitarianism is uncommon English at frequency #51,678 among 18,836 “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
- 1The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
Etymology
From egalitarian + -ism.
Synonyms
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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 “egalitarianism”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-G-A-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.