masochistic
/ˌmæ.səˈkɪs.tɪk/
"masochistic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“masochistic” is uncommon English (frequency #51,844 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,844
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deriving (especially sexual) pleasure from abuse, being punished, or dominated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-masochistic · masochistic · English
masochistic · rank #51,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,844
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McCarron
Nearest frequency peer: McCarron (+2 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 “masochistic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mandibular
mandibular
48,161 corpus weight
- Manx
Manx
48,160 corpus weight
- masochistic
masochistic
48,157 corpus weight
- McCarron
McCarron
48,155 corpus weight
- McCloud
McCloud
48,154 corpus weight
- midsection
midsection
48,153 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “masochistic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masochistic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌmæ.səˈkɪs.tɪk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “masochistic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
masochistic is uncommon English at frequency #51,844 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌmæ.səˈkɪs.tɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for masochistic in our index, 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: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch + -istic. The correct English form is masochistic, spelled M-A-S-O-C-H-I-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Deriving (especially sexual) pleasure from abuse, being punished, or dominated.
- 2Behavior of someone who puts up with teasing.
Etymology
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch + -istic.
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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