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 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,740
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pantheism · pantheism · English
pantheism · rank #80,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,740
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH parenchyma
Nearest frequency peer: parenchyma (+3 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 “pantheism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- overstretch…
overstretched
19,266 corpus weight
- owler
owler
19,265 corpus weight
- pantheism
pantheism
19,261 corpus weight
- parenchyma
parenchyma
19,258 corpus weight
- Pascagoula
Pascagoula
19,256 corpus weight
- pecorino
pecorino
19,255 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pantheism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “pantheism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pantheism is uncommon English at frequency #80,740 among 4,417 “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.
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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