egalitarianism
"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
- drummed
drummed
48,330 corpus weight
- dulled
dulled
48,328 corpus weight
- earthenware
earthenware
48,324 corpus weight
- egalitarian…
egalitarianism
48,323 corpus weight
- Ekaterina
Ekaterina
48,321 corpus weight
- EKG
EKG
48,320 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “egalitarianism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “egalitarianism” in English
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
- 1The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how egalitarianism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).