exoticism
"exoticism" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exoticism” is uncommon English (frequency #88,321 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,321
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being exotic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-exoticism · exoticism · English
exoticism · rank #88,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,321
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH evilness
Nearest frequency peer: evilness (-2 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 “exoticism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- EUA
EUA
11,686 corpus weight
- Eurogamer
Eurogamer
11,685 corpus weight
- evilly
evilly
11,683 corpus weight
- evilness
evilness
11,682 corpus weight
- exoticism
exoticism
11,680 corpus weight
- Fani
Fani
11,675 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “exoticism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exoticism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “exoticism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
exoticism is uncommon English at frequency #88,321 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for exoticism in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From exotic + -ism. The correct English form is exoticism, spelled E-X-O-T-I-C-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The state of being exotic.
- 2Something exotic.
- 3A word changed in spelling or pronunciation to look or sound more exotic or foreign.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exoticism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For all the exoticism of the images, they possess a phenomenal immediacy and even contemporaneity.
Chinese restaurants, now dotting this peninsula like azaleas at Cypress Gardens, have introduced thousands of us Occidentals to the delights of moo goo gai pan. As a result, attempts to produce such exoticisms in our own homes have multiplied.
Etymology
From exotic + -ism.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).