narcissistic personality disorder
"narcissistic-personality-disorder" is a 31-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“narcissistic personality disorder” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 33
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A personality disorder characterized by an overinflated sense of self-importance (incl. subordination of other people's needs), sensitivity to criticism and difference in opinion and the denigratio...
Corpus desk
Index EN-narcissistic-personality · narcissistic personality disorder · English
narcissistic personality disorder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 33 letters
- VOW-12 12 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | narcissistic personality disorder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 33 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “narcissistic personality disorder” in English
Rare enough to double-check
narcissistic personality disorder is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A personality disorder characterized by an overinflated sense of self-importance (incl. subordination of other people's needs), sensitivity to criticism and difference in opinion and the denigratio...".
narcissistic personality disorder doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is narcissistic personality disorder, spelled N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-T-I-C- -P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y- -D-I-S-O-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A personality disorder characterized by an overinflated sense of self-importance (incl. subordination of other people's needs), sensitivity to criticism and difference in opinion and the denigration of others that are deemed lesser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how narcissistic personality disorder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
People with narcissistic personality disorder usually have very low self-esteem and base all their self-worth on how much attention they receive.
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.