mythomaniac
/ˌmɪθəˈmeɪniæk/
"mythomaniac" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mythomaniac” 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 September 3, 2026) - Someone who suffers from mythomania.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mythomaniac · mythomaniac · English
mythomaniac · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mythomaniac |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmɪθəˈmeɪniæk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mythomaniac” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mythomaniac is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmɪθəˈmeɪniæk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who suffers from mythomania.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mythomaniac in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French mythomane. By surface analysis, mytho- + -maniac. Attested in English since 1950s. The correct English form is mythomaniac, spelled M-Y-T-H-O-M-A-N-I-A-C.
Definition
- 1Someone who suffers from mythomania.
Etymology
Borrowed from French mythomane. By surface analysis, mytho- + -maniac. Attested in English since 1950s.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.