internationalist

adj

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"internationalist" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“internationalist” is uncommon English (frequency #52,409 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,409
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to internationalism.

Corpus desk

Index EN-internationalist · internationalist · English

internationalist · rank #52,409 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,409
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH intersectional

Nearest frequency peer: intersectional (+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 “internationalist”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “internationalist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for internationalist
PropertyValue
Headwordinternationalist
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters16
Frequency rank#52,409
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “internationalist” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).internationalistfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “intersectional” (#52,410), “irresponsibly” (#52,413), “insinuation” (#52,404). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “internationalist” is #52,409. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

internationalist is uncommon English at frequency #52,409 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to internationalism.".

No misspelling variants are generated for internationalist 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From international + -ist. The correct English form is internationalist, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to internationalism.

Etymology

From international + -ist.

This word in other languages

internacionalista(Español)internationaliste(Français)internationalistisch(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "internationalist"?
"internationalist" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-T.
What does "internationalist" mean?
As an adjective, "internationalist" means: Of or pertaining to internationalism.
What is the origin of the word "internationalist"?
From international + -ist. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "internationalist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reinterpretation#52,593phenomenological#51,914quintessentially#53,193undifferentiated#53,931

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list