Shintoism
"shintoism" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Shintoism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Shinto religion of Japan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shintoism · Shintoism · English
Shintoism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Shintoism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Shintoism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Shintoism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The Shinto religion of Japan.".
Shintoism doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Shinto + -ism. The correct English form is Shintoism, spelled S-H-I-N-T-O-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The Shinto religion of Japan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Shintoism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The origin of the Doll Festival reaches back to the crude days of Shintoism.
Etymology
From Shinto + -ism.
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.