iconoclastic
"iconoclastic" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“iconoclastic” is uncommon English (frequency #61,551 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,551
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-iconoclastic · iconoclastic · English
iconoclastic · rank #61,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,551
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH icl
Nearest frequency peer: icl (-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 “iconoclastic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- iambic
iambic
38,453 corpus weight
- Ichabod
Ichabod
38,452 corpus weight
- icl
icl
38,451 corpus weight
- iconoclastic
iconoclastic
38,450 corpus weight
- Ili
Ili
38,448 corpus weight
- imperfectly
imperfectly
38,447 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “iconoclastic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iconoclastic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “iconoclastic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
iconoclastic is uncommon English at frequency #61,551 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for iconoclastic in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From iconoclast + -ic. The correct English form is iconoclastic, spelled I-C-O-N-O-C-L-A-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how iconoclastic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many of Thomas Hardy's works were considered iconoclastic in his day.
I pose the iconoclastic suggestion that even at this late stage in B.R. dieselisation, rigid standardisation might be a shibboleth.
Etymology
From iconoclast + -ic.
Antonyms
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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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