hypnotism
/ˈhɪpnətɪzəm/
"hypnotism" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hypnotism” is uncommon English (frequency #56,190 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,190
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The art of inducing hypnosis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hypnotism · hypnotism · English
hypnotism · rank #56,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,190
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hyrule
Nearest frequency peer: Hyrule (+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 “hypnotism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- humanize
humanize
43,815 corpus weight
- Hungerford
Hungerford
43,814 corpus weight
- Huo
Huo
43,813 corpus weight
- hypnotism
hypnotism
43,811 corpus weight
- Hyrule
Hyrule
43,810 corpus weight
- illiberal
illiberal
43,807 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hypnotism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypnotism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɪpnətɪzəm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hypnotism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hypnotism is uncommon English at frequency #56,190 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɪpnətɪzəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The art of inducing hypnosis.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hypnotism, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hypnotise + -ism. The correct English form is hypnotism, spelled H-Y-P-N-O-T-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The art of inducing hypnosis.
Etymology
From hypnotise + -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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