pyromaniac
/ˌpaɪɹoʊˈmeɪniæk/
"pyromaniac" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pyromaniac” is uncommon English (frequency #99,740 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,740
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person experiencing pyromania.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pyromaniac · pyromaniac · English
pyromaniac · rank #99,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,740
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Qashqai
Nearest frequency peer: Qashqai (+1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pyromaniac”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- propolis
propolis
269 corpus weight
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prorogation
268 corpus weight
- puffiness
puffiness
265 corpus weight
- pyromaniac
pyromaniac
261 corpus weight
- Qashqai
Qashqai
260 corpus weight
- Quiroga
Quiroga
254 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pyromaniac” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pyromaniac |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpaɪɹoʊˈmeɪniæk/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pyromaniac” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pyromaniac is uncommon English at frequency #99,740 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpaɪɹoʊˈmeɪniæk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person experiencing pyromania.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pyromaniac, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pyro- + -maniac. The correct English form is pyromaniac, spelled P-Y-R-O-M-A-N-I-A-C.
Definition
- 1A person experiencing pyromania.
Etymology
From pyro- + -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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