ethnocentrism
/ˌɛθ.nəʊˈsɛn.tɹɪzm̩/
"ethnocentrism" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ethnocentrism” is uncommon English (frequency #85,231 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,231
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ethnocentrism · ethnocentrism · English
ethnocentrism · rank #85,231 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,231
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH escutcheon
Nearest frequency peer: escutcheon (-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 “ethnocentrism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- eosinophilic
eosinophilic
14,775 corpus weight
- ergot
ergot
14,772 corpus weight
- escutcheon
escutcheon
14,771 corpus weight
- ethnocentri…
ethnocentrism
14,770 corpus weight
- Fairey
Fairey
14,765 corpus weight
- falchion
falchion
14,764 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ethnocentrism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ethnocentrism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɛθ.nəʊˈsɛn.tɹɪzm̩/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #85,231 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ethnocentrism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ethnocentrism is uncommon English at frequency #85,231 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɛθ.nəʊˈsɛn.tɹɪzm̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.".
ethnocentrism doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ethno- + -centrism. The correct English form is ethnocentrism, spelled E-T-H-N-O-C-E-N-T-R-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
Etymology
From ethno- + -centrism.
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 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).