individualist
"individualist" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“individualist” is uncommon English (frequency #50,003 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,003
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system.
Corpus desk
Index EN-individualist · individualist · English
individualist · rank #50,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,003
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH indefatigable
Nearest frequency peer: indefatigable (-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 “individualist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- immunologic…
immunological
50,002 corpus weight
- impertinent
impertinent
50,001 corpus weight
- indefatigab…
indefatigable
49,999 corpus weight
- individuali…
individualist
49,998 corpus weight
- instrumenta…
instrumentalist
49,995 corpus weight
- interbank
interbank
49,994 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “individualist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | individualist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #50,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “individualist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
individualist is uncommon English at frequency #50,003 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
individualist doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From individual + -ist. The correct English form is individualist, spelled I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system.
- 2Someone who believes in the philosophy of individualism; a solipsist.
- 3Someone who does as they wish, unconstrained by external influences.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how individualist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
However, apart from all this, the Chief was a grand old man, belonging to a class of individualists which seems to be dying out in these days, when standard behaviour seems to be as prevalent as standard designs.
Miró was too much of an individualist to simply subscribe to an aesthetic party platform of Mediterranean art, which wanted to move forward, but only at a safe trot.
Etymology
From individual + -ist.
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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