mongoloid
/ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd/
"mongoloid" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mongoloid” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,551 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #64,551
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, the Americas, and parts of Central Asia and South Asia (and s...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mongoloid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mongoloid” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for mongoloid is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,551 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mongoloid, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mongol + -oid. The correct English form is mongoloid, spelled M-O-N-G-O-L-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, the Americas, and parts of Central Asia and South Asia (and sometimes eastern Fennoscandia) – as well as their descendants in other parts of the world.
- 2A person with Down syndrome.
- 3An idiot, a retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.
Etymology
From Mongol + -oid.
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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Using “mongoloid”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-G-O-L-O-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.