exogamy
/ɛksˈɑ.ɡə.mi/
"exogamy" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exogamy” 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) - marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law
Corpus desk
Index EN-exogamy · exogamy · English
exogamy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exogamy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛksˈɑ.ɡə.mi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “exogamy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
exogamy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛksˈɑ.ɡə.mi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
exogamy has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25. The correct English form is exogamy, spelled E-X-O-G-A-M-Y.
Definition
- 1marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law
- 2the fusion of two unrelated gametes
Etymology
From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.