pantheism
/ˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm/
"pantheism" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pantheism” is uncommon English (frequency #80,740 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,740
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pantheism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pantheism” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pantheism is uncommon English at frequency #80,740 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpæn.θi.ɪz.əm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pantheism in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pan- + theism, in which pan derives from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân), meaning “all”, and theism from Ancient Greek θεός (theós), meaning “god”. The first known use is from 1702, in an English translation of Joseph Raphson’s 1697 book De Spatio Reali seu En… The correct English form is pantheism, spelled P-A-N-T-H-E-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.
- 2The belief in all gods; omnitheism.
Etymology
From pan- + theism, in which pan derives from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân), meaning “all”, and theism from Ancient Greek θεός (theós), meaning “god”. The first known use is from 1702, in an English translation of Joseph Raphson’s 1697 book De Spatio Reali seu Ente Infinito, written in Latin, which coined the Latin term pantheismus.
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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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- The one correct English spelling is P-A-N-T-H-E-I-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.