monopsonist

noun

"monopsonist" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A single buyer who dominates a market.

Key facts for monopsonist
PropertyValue
Headwordmonopsonist
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “monopsonist” sits in English frequency

monopsonist falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

monopsonist is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A single buyer who dominates a market.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for monopsonist, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From monopsony + -ist. The correct English form is monopsonist, spelled M-O-N-O-P-S-O-N-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A single buyer who dominates a market.

Etymology

From monopsony + -ist.

Antonyms

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 "monopsonist"?
"monopsonist" is spelled M-O-N-O-P-S-O-N-I-S-T.
What does "monopsonist" mean?
As a noun, "monopsonist" means: A single buyer who dominates a market.
What is the origin of the word "monopsonist"?
From monopsony + -ist. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “monopsonist”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-O-P-S-O-N-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list