interventionism
"interventionism" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“interventionism” is uncommon English (frequency #62,227 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,227
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-interventionism · interventionism · English
interventionism · rank #62,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,227
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH intraocular
Nearest frequency peer: intraocular (+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 “interventionism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- inspite
inspite
37,778 corpus weight
- insubstanti…
insubstantial
37,777 corpus weight
- interventio…
interventionism
37,774 corpus weight
- intraocular
intraocular
37,773 corpus weight
- IOI
IOI
37,772 corpus weight
- Ionia
Ionia
37,771 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “interventionism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interventionism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #62,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “interventionism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
interventionism is uncommon English at frequency #62,227 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for interventionism, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French interventionnisme. By surface analysis, intervention + -ism. The correct English form is interventionism, spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-T-I-O-N-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.
- 2The medical practice of trying to prolong someone's life.
- 3The idea that a person develops cognition through explicit instruction by others, and not merely by being nurtured and allowed to develop individually.
Etymology
From French interventionnisme. By surface analysis, intervention + -ism.
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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