ideomotion

noun

"ideomotion" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ideomotion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ideomotor movement; movement done subconsciously, such as twitching.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ideomotion · ideomotion · English

ideomotion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for ideomotion
PropertyValue
Headwordideomotion
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “ideomotion” in English

ideomotionranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ideomotion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ideomotor movement; movement done subconsciously, such as twitching.".

ideomotion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 ideo- + motion. The correct English form is ideomotion, spelled I-D-E-O-M-O-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ideomotor movement; movement done subconsciously, such as twitching.

Etymology

From ideo- + motion.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ideomotion"?
"ideomotion" is spelled I-D-E-O-M-O-T-I-O-N.
What does "ideomotion" mean?
As a noun, "ideomotion" means: ideomotor movement; movement done subconsciously, such as twitching.
What is the origin of the word "ideomotion"?
From ideo- + motion. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list