evangelicalism
"evangelicalism" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“evangelicalism” is uncommon English (frequency #62,877 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,877
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-evangelicalism · evangelicalism · English
evangelicalism · rank #62,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,877
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH evanescence
Nearest frequency peer: evanescence (-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 “evangelicalism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- endear
endear
37,129 corpus weight
- equilateral
equilateral
37,127 corpus weight
- Escalante
Escalante
37,126 corpus weight
- evanescence
evanescence
37,125 corpus weight
- evangelical…
evangelicalism
37,124 corpus weight
- exhumation
exhumation
37,123 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “evangelicalism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | evangelicalism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #62,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “evangelicalism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
evangelicalism is uncommon English at frequency #62,877 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for evangelicalism in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From evangelical + -ism. The correct English form is evangelicalism, spelled E-V-A-N-G-E-L-I-C-A-L-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.
- 2Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy.
- 3Christian fundamentalism.
- 4Islamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how evangelicalism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Islamic evangelicalism helped win over Iberian notables […]
Etymology
From evangelical + -ism.
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).