exorcism
/ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪ.zəm/
"exorcism" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exorcism” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,227
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.
Corpus desk
Index EN-exorcism · exorcism · English
exorcism · rank #33,227 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,227
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH fabled
Nearest frequency peer: fabled (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “exorcism”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Erick
Erick
66,778 corpus weight
- Euphrates
Euphrates
66,776 corpus weight
- exorcism
exorcism
66,774 corpus weight
- fabled
fabled
66,773 corpus weight
- fabricate
fabricate
66,772 corpus weight
- fatherhood
fatherhood
66,771 corpus weight
What this shows “exorcism” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exorcism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪ.zəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “exorcism”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around exorcism (IPA /ˈɛk.sɔː.sɪ.zəm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,227 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for exorcism, with forms such as "eoxrcism", "exocrism", and "exorccism". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "exorcist", "exercise", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to ward off, to charge under oath, adjure”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos). The correct English form is exorcism, spelled E-X-O-R-C-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exorcism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Master Hume, we are therefore prouided: / will her Ladyship behold and heare our Exorcismes?
But in this part I am going to mention, it lay chiefly in the people deceived, or equally in both; and this was in wearing charms, philtres, exorcisms, amulets, and I know not what preparations, to fortify the body with them against the plague; as if the plague was not the hand of God, but a kind of possession of an evil spirit, and that it was to be kept…
Etymology
From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to ward off, to charge under oath, adjure”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eoxrcism
- exocrism
- exorccism
- exorcims
- exorcismm
- exorcissm
- exorcsim
- exoricsm
- exorrcism
- exrocism
- exxorcism
- xeorcism
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exorcism - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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