insincerity
"insincerity" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insincerity” is uncommon English (frequency #87,403 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,403
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-insincerity · insincerity · English
insincerity · rank #87,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,403
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH injun
Nearest frequency peer: injun (-2 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 “insincerity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- inhabitable
inhabitable
12,602 corpus weight
- injun
injun
12,600 corpus weight
- insincerity
insincerity
12,598 corpus weight
- inundate
inundate
12,595 corpus weight
- Invercargill
Invercargill
12,594 corpus weight
- ipe
ipe
12,593 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “insincerity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insincerity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “insincerity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
insincerity is uncommon English at frequency #87,403 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.".
insincerity has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From in- + sincerity. The correct English form is insincerity, spelled I-N-S-I-N-C-E-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how insincerity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His insincerity was obvious to all; he was neither honest nor believable.
Etymology
From in- + sincerity.
Antonyms
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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