mesmeric
/mɛzˈmɛɹɪk/
"mesmeric" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mesmeric” is uncommon English (frequency #81,569 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,569
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Of or relating to mesmerism or mesmerization.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mesmeric · mesmeric · English
mesmeric · rank #81,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,569
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH metronidazole
Nearest frequency peer: metronidazole (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mesmeric”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- megalopolis
megalopolis
18,437 corpus weight
- Melchizedek
Melchizedek
18,435 corpus weight
- mesmeric
mesmeric
18,432 corpus weight
- metronidazo…
metronidazole
18,431 corpus weight
- Meunier
Meunier
18,430 corpus weight
- MFer
MFer
18,428 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mesmeric” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mesmeric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɛzˈmɛɹɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mesmeric” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mesmeric is uncommon English at frequency #81,569 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mɛzˈmɛɹɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to mesmerism or mesmerization.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mesmeric in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is mesmeric, spelled M-E-S-M-E-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to mesmerism or mesmerization.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mesmeric appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Even were he to write a lie, he could not meet her and maintain it, with her eyes upon his face: they had uttermost power over him—power as of life and death,—those fine grey sweet mesmeric eyes !
Podson's globular stare assured any woman that the bargain was sacred. It was solemn, intent, opaque; it was also slightly mesmeric, which is to say that it gave out everything and took in nothing.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.