National Socialist
"national-socialist" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“National Socialist” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An adherent of National Socialism; a Nazi.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | National Socialist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “National Socialist” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
National Socialist is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An adherent of National Socialism; a Nazi.".
Zero misspellings are on record for National Socialist in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of German Nationalsozialist (noun) and nationalsozialistisch (adjective), respectively. The correct English form is National Socialist, spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L- -S-O-C-I-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1An adherent of National Socialism; a Nazi.
Etymology
Calque of German Nationalsozialist (noun) and nationalsozialistisch (adjective), respectively.
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.
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Using “National Socialist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L- -S-O-C-I-A-L-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.