misanthrope
/ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/
"misanthrope" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“misanthrope” is uncommon English (frequency #75,207 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,207
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who has a negative view of the entire human race.
Corpus desk
Index EN-misanthrope · misanthrope · English
misanthrope · rank #75,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,207
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH misanthropic
Nearest frequency peer: misanthropic (+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 “misanthrope”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- meltwater
meltwater
24,801 corpus weight
- misanthrope
misanthrope
24,794 corpus weight
- misanthropic
misanthropic
24,793 corpus weight
- misbehaviour
misbehaviour
24,792 corpus weight
- misleadingly
misleadingly
24,791 corpus weight
- moar
moar
24,787 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “misanthrope” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “misanthrope” in English
Rare enough to double-check
misanthrope is uncommon English at frequency #75,207 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how misanthrope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alas, poor Dean! his only scope Was to be held a misanthrope.
I cannot love evergreens—they are the misanthropes of nature. To them the spring brings no promise, the autumn no decline; they are cut off from the sweetest of all ties with their kind—sympathy.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”); compare miser.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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