modernistic
"modernistic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“modernistic” is uncommon English (frequency #92,888 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,888
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In modern style.
Corpus desk
Index EN-modernistic · modernistic · English
modernistic · rank #92,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,888
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH moke
Nearest frequency peer: moke (+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 “modernistic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- misquote
misquote
7,117 corpus weight
- Mithra
Mithra
7,116 corpus weight
- modernistic
modernistic
7,113 corpus weight
- moke
moke
7,112 corpus weight
- mommie
mommie
7,111 corpus weight
- mononucleos…
mononucleosis
7,110 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “modernistic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | modernistic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “modernistic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
modernistic is uncommon English at frequency #92,888 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In modern style.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for modernistic, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From modern + -istic. The correct English form is modernistic, spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1In modern style.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how modernistic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance.
The buildings now being demolished are said to date back to the opening of the Trent Valley line in 1846. They will be replaced by modernistic structures, including a fully mechanised booking office, which will be concentrated mainly on the Low Level down platforms, [...].
Etymology
From modern + -istic.
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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