sadomasochist
/ˈseɪdəʊˌmæsəkɪst/
"sadomasochist" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sadomasochist” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who enjoys both inflicting and receiving pain for sexual gratification.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sadomasochist · sadomasochist · English
sadomasochist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sadomasochist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈseɪdəʊˌmæsəkɪst/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sadomasochist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sadomasochist is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈseɪdəʊˌmæsəkɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who enjoys both inflicting and receiving pain for sexual gratification.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sadomasochist in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: See sadomasochism. The correct English form is sadomasochist, spelled S-A-D-O-M-A-S-O-C-H-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1A person who enjoys both inflicting and receiving pain for sexual gratification.
Etymology
See sadomasochism.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.