lesbianism
/ˈlɛzbiəˌnɪzəm/
"lesbianism" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lesbianism” is uncommon English (frequency #56,242 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,242
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Female homosexuality; the state of a woman being sexually attracted to other women.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lesbianism · lesbianism · English
lesbianism · rank #56,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,242
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Legg
Nearest frequency peer: Legg (-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 “lesbianism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Leake
Leake
43,761 corpus weight
- Legg
Legg
43,760 corpus weight
- lesbianism
lesbianism
43,759 corpus weight
- letterpress
letterpress
43,758 corpus weight
- lexis
lexis
43,757 corpus weight
- lignin
lignin
43,756 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lesbianism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lesbianism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɛzbiəˌnɪzəm/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lesbianism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lesbianism is uncommon English at frequency #56,242 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɛzbiəˌnɪzəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Female homosexuality; the state of a woman being sexually attracted to other women.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lesbianism, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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 lesbian + -ism. The correct English form is lesbianism, spelled L-E-S-B-I-A-N-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Female homosexuality; the state of a woman being sexually attracted to other women.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lesbianism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Because all Asari present as female and use female pronouns, the deadly sexual nature of Ardat-Yakshi may reflect the continued fear of lesbianism that persists among many in human society.
Etymology
From lesbian + -ism.
Synonyms
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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