shamanistic

adj

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"shamanistic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shamanistic” is uncommon English (frequency #99,844 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,844
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shamanistic · shamanistic · English

shamanistic · rank #99,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,844
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH shart

Nearest frequency peer: shart (+2 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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “shamanistic”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “shamanistic” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for shamanistic
PropertyValue
Headwordshamanistic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#99,844
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “shamanistic” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).shamanisticlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “shart” (#99,846), “sepulchral” (#99,838), “Shimura” (#99,850). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shamanistic is uncommon English at frequency #99,844 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for shamanistic, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From shaman + -istic. The correct English form is shamanistic, spelled S-H-A-M-A-N-I-S-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how shamanistic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. From Christ to the Fisher King of the Grail legends, the man suffering from a magical wound is no ordinary man; he is the man who has transcended the duality of sexuality, the man with a vulva, the shamanistic androgyne.
  2. There are an estimated 300 shamanistic temples within an hour of Seoul’s bustling city center, and in them, shamans perform their clamorous ceremonies every day.

Etymology

From shaman + -istic.

This word in other languages

chamanístico(Español)chamanistique(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shamanistic"?
"shamanistic" is spelled S-H-A-M-A-N-I-S-T-I-C.
What does "shamanistic" mean?
As an adjective, "shamanistic" means: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.
What is the origin of the word "shamanistic"?
From shaman + -istic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shamanistic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shuttlecock#99,859Rosicrucian#99,787subterminal#99,908supportable#99,913

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Data Source

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list