nudism
/ˈnjuːdɪzəm/
"nudism" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nudism” is uncommon English (frequency #91,871 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,871
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nudism · nudism · English
nudism · rank #91,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,871
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nullity
Nearest frequency peer: nullity (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “nudism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Norvell
Norvell
8,134 corpus weight
- noughties
noughties
8,133 corpus weight
- nudism
nudism
8,130 corpus weight
- nullity
nullity
8,129 corpus weight
- nursemaid
nursemaid
8,128 corpus weight
- nyet
nyet
8,127 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nudism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nudism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnjuːdɪzəm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nudism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nudism is uncommon English at frequency #91,871 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnjuːdɪzəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nudism in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French nudisme. By surface analysis, nude + -ism. The correct English form is nudism, spelled N-U-D-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.
Etymology
From French nudisme. By surface analysis, nude + -ism.
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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