individualism
"individualism" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“individualism” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,955
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought.
Corpus desk
Index EN-individualism · individualism · English
individualism · rank #28,955 · 19 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,955
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH indiscriminate
Nearest frequency peer: indiscriminate (-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 “individualism”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hummus
hummus
71,049 corpus weight
- ideological…
ideologically
71,048 corpus weight
- indiscrimin…
indiscriminate
71,047 corpus weight
- individuali…
individualism
71,046 corpus weight
- infernal
infernal
71,045 corpus weight
- infrequently
infrequently
71,044 corpus weight
What this shows “individualism” 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 | individualism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #28,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “individualism”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around individualism, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,955 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for individualism, with forms such as "idnividualism", "inddividualism", and "indiivdualism". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "individuals", "individuality", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French individualisme, equivalent to individual + -ism. The correct English form is individualism, spelled I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought.
- 2The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution.
- 3The doctrine that only individual things are real.
- 4The doctrine that nothing exists but the individual self.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how individualism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He believes that self-improvement and its growing popularity are symptoms of what he calls individualism.
[A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of the Self-centred attitude in human thought and action.
Etymology
Borrowed from French individualisme, equivalent to individual + -ism.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnividualism
- inddividualism
- indiivdualism
- indivdiualism
- individaulism
- individdualism
- individuailsm
- individualims
- individualismm
- individualissm
- individuallism
- individualsim
- individulaism
- indiviudalism
- indivvidualism
- indviidualism
- inidvidualism
- inndividualism
- nidividualism
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of individualism - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).