nymphomaniac
/ˌnɪm.fəʊˈmeɪ.niˌæk/
"nymphomaniac" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nymphomaniac” is uncommon English (frequency #63,850 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,850
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A woman who has an excessive libido.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nymphomaniac · nymphomaniac · English
nymphomaniac · rank #63,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,850
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH O'Shaughnessy
Nearest frequency peer: O'Shaughnessy (+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 “nymphomaniac”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- niobium
niobium
36,158 corpus weight
- northerner
northerner
36,155 corpus weight
- NRW
NRW
36,153 corpus weight
- nymphomaniac
nymphomaniac
36,151 corpus weight
- O'Shaughnes…
O'Shaughnessy
36,150 corpus weight
- ocelot
ocelot
36,148 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nymphomaniac” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nymphomaniac |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌnɪm.fəʊˈmeɪ.niˌæk/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nymphomaniac” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nymphomaniac is uncommon English at frequency #63,850 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌnɪm.fəʊˈmeɪ.niˌæk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A woman who has an excessive libido.".
nymphomaniac doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nymphomania + -ac. By surface analysis, nympho- + -maniac. The correct English form is nymphomaniac, spelled N-Y-M-P-H-O-M-A-N-I-A-C.
Definition
- 1A woman who has an excessive libido.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nymphomaniac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Xenia's such a nymphomaniac that she's not even satisfied with three lovers.
Etymology
From nymphomania + -ac. By surface analysis, nympho- + -maniac.
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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