jingoistic
/ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˈɪst.ɪk/
"jingoistic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jingoistic” is uncommon English (frequency #76,901 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,901
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jingoistic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˈɪst.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jingoistic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jingoistic is uncommon English at frequency #76,901 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˈɪst.ɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jingoistic in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From jingo + -istic. The correct English form is jingoistic, spelled J-I-N-G-O-I-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.
Etymology
From jingo + -istic.
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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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Using “jingoistic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-I-N-G-O-I-S-T-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˈɪst.ɪk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.