egomism

noun

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

The verdict

“egomism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete form of egoism.

Corpus desk

Index EN-egomism · egomism · English

egomism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for egomism
PropertyValue
Headwordegomism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “egomism” in English

egomismranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

egomism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete form of egoism.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for egomism, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: French? The correct English form is egomism, spelled E-G-O-M-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obsolete form of egoism.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. So that, brought to its genuine and undissembled issue, it ends in that kind of knowledge mentioned once or twice above, called Egomism.

Etymology

French?

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "egomism"?
"egomism" is spelled E-G-O-M-I-S-M.
What does "egomism" mean?
As a noun, "egomism" means: Obsolete form of egoism.
What is the origin of the word "egomism"?
French? See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list