social Darwinism
/ˌsəʊʃl̩ ˈdɑːwɪnɪz(ə)m/
"social-darwinism" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“social Darwinism” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | social Darwinism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsəʊʃl̩ ˈdɑːwɪnɪz(ə)m/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “social Darwinism” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for social Darwinism is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌsəʊʃl̩ ˈdɑːwɪnɪz(ə)m/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for social Darwinism in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From social (adjective) + Darwinism (noun). The correct English form is social Darwinism, spelled S-O-C-I-A-L- -D-A-R-W-I-N-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures.
Etymology
From social (adjective) + Darwinism (noun).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is S-O-C-I-A-L- -D-A-R-W-I-N-I-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.