misogynism

noun

"misogynism" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“misogynism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The principle or disposition of misogyny, the hatred of women.

Corpus desk

Index EN-misogynism · misogynism · English

misogynism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for misogynism
PropertyValue
Headwordmisogynism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “misogynism” in English

misogynismsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

misogynism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The principle or disposition of misogyny, the hatred of women.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for misogynism, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From misogyny + -ism. The correct English form is misogynism, spelled M-I-S-O-G-Y-N-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    The principle or disposition of misogyny, the hatred of women.

Etymology

From misogyny + -ism.

Antonyms

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "misogynism"?
"misogynism" is spelled M-I-S-O-G-Y-N-I-S-M.
What does "misogynism" mean?
As a noun, "misogynism" means: The principle or disposition of misogyny, the hatred of women.
What is the origin of the word "misogynism"?
From misogyny + -ism. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list