misanthrope
/ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/
"misanthrope" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“misanthrope” is an uncommon English word, ranked #75,207 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,207
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who has a negative view of the entire human race.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | misanthrope |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #75,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “misanthrope” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for misanthrope is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/. Corpus data places it at rank #75,207 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for misanthrope, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”); compare miser. The correct English form is misanthrope, spelled M-I-S-A-N-T-H-R-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1One who has a negative view of the entire human race.
- 2Someone who distrusts or avoids other people.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”); compare miser.
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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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- The one correct English spelling is M-I-S-A-N-T-H-R-O-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.