fetishism
"fetishism" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fetishism” is uncommon English (frequency #58,692 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,692
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fetishism · fetishism · English
fetishism · rank #58,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,692
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH filmography
Nearest frequency peer: filmography (+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 “fetishism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fetishism
fetishism
41,309 corpus weight
- filmography
filmography
41,308 corpus weight
- flatness
flatness
41,306 corpus weight
- flaxseed
flaxseed
41,305 corpus weight
- flayed
flayed
41,304 corpus weight
- fleeced
fleeced
41,303 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fetishism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fetishism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fetishism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fetishism is uncommon English at frequency #58,692 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fetishism in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fetish + -ism. The correct English form is fetishism, spelled F-E-T-I-S-H-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
- 2A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.
- 3An irrational, obsessive belief in the power of some object or action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fetishism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That's cross-dressing to you and me and, according to Blanchard and the APA, there are two types – fetishism and autogynephilia.
Etymology
From fetish + -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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