hegemonic
/hɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈmɒn.ɪk/
"hegemonic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hegemonic” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,274
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to hegemony.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hegemonic · hegemonic · English
hegemonic · rank #48,274 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #48,274
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hedonistic
Nearest frequency peer: hedonistic (-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 “hegemonic”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- headspace
headspace
51,730 corpus weight
- healthily
healthily
51,729 corpus weight
- hedonistic
hedonistic
51,728 corpus weight
- hegemonic
hegemonic
51,727 corpus weight
- hemming
hemming
51,724 corpus weight
- histological
histological
51,721 corpus weight
What this shows “hegemonic” 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 | hegemonic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /hɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈmɒn.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hegemonic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around hegemonic (IPA /hɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈmɒn.ɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,274 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of or pertaining to hegemony.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for hegemonic, with forms such as "ehgemonic", "heegmonic", and "hegemmonic". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hegemony", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hegemony + -ic. The correct English form is hegemonic, spelled H-E-G-E-M-O-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to hegemony.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hegemonic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“It may be that people’s attitudes, especially about masculinity, were shaped by Trump becoming president,” Feinberg said via email. “Many people held their nose and voted for him in 2016, choosing to vote for their preferred party in spite of Trump’s behavior and his representation of hegemonic masculinity.
A more than 13,000-word policy document released by Beijing in September outlines China’s vision for global governance and identifies what it sees as the source of current global challenges: “Some countries’ hegemonic, abusive, and aggressive actions against others … are causing great harm” and putting global security and development at risk, it reads.
Etymology
From hegemony + -ic.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehgemonic
- heegmonic
- hegemmonic
- hegemnoic
- hegemoinc
- hegemonci
- hegemonicc
- hegemonnic
- hegeomnic
- heggemonic
- hegmeonic
- hgeemonic
- hhegemonic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hegemonic - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hegemonic", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).