misogynist
/mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ən.ɪst/noun, adjective
misogynist is spelled M-I-S-O-G-Y-N-I-S-T. The wrong spelling people search most is mysogynist: about 120 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 25 of all searches for the word. Misogynist is a noun meaning “One who professes misogyny; a hater of women”. The plural of misogynist is misogynists.
How many letters and syllables are in misogynist?
| Letters | 10: M-I-S-O-G-Y-N-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, mysogynist, about 120 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell misogynist?
Misogynist is spelled M-I-S-O-G-Y-N-I-S-T. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 17 of the searches for misogynist in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is misogynist?
Misogynist appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce misogynist?
- UK /mɪˈsɒd͡ʒ.ən.ɪst/
- US /mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ən.ɪst/
Misogynist has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: Misogynist_US.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of misogynist
- misogynists plural
- more misogynist comparative
- most misogynist superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does misogynist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.
- 2
One who displays prejudice against or looks down upon women.
adjective
- 1
Misogynistic; relating to or exhibiting misogyny.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Misogynist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense hater of women:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | misogyne |
| German | Frauenhasser, Frauenhasserin, Frauenfeind, Frauenfeindin, Misogyn |
| Portuguese | misógino, misógina |
| Spanish | misógino, misógina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does misogynist come from?
From Ancient Greek μῑσογύνης (mīsogúnēs), from μῑσέω (mīséō, “I hate”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”), equivalent to misogyny + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).