sensualistic

adj

"sensualistic" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sensualistic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sensual

Corpus desk

Index EN-sensualistic · sensualistic · English

sensualistic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for sensualistic
PropertyValue
Headwordsensualistic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sensualistic” in English

sensualisticranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sensualistic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sensualistic in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sensual + -istic. The correct English form is sensualistic, spelled S-E-N-S-U-A-L-I-S-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    sensual
  2. 2
    Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.

Etymology

From sensual + -istic.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sensualistic"?
"sensualistic" is spelled S-E-N-S-U-A-L-I-S-T-I-C.
What does "sensualistic" mean?
As an adjective, "sensualistic" means: sensual
What is the origin of the word "sensualistic"?
From sensual + -istic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list