jingoistic
/ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˈɪst.ɪk/
"jingoistic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jingoistic” is uncommon English (frequency #76,901 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,901
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jingoistic · jingoistic · English
jingoistic · rank #76,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,901
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH jingoism
Nearest frequency peer: jingoism (-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 “jingoistic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jerker
jerker
23,105 corpus weight
- jingoism
jingoism
23,101 corpus weight
- jingoistic
jingoistic
23,100 corpus weight
- kagome
kagome
23,097 corpus weight
- kahuna
kahuna
23,096 corpus weight
- kairos
kairos
23,095 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “jingoistic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “jingoistic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jingoistic is uncommon English at frequency #76,901 among 796 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jingoistic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My editorial angered both the jingoistic war hawks and the anti-war protesters.
The truth is that all classes—Christian and non-Christian—have yielded fatally to the pernicious interpretation which interested politicians, soldiers, manufacturers, and Jingoistic writers have put on the real economic needs of the country.
Etymology
From jingo + -istic.
Synonyms
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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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