sociolinguistic
/ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/
"sociolinguistic" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sociolinguistic” is uncommon English (frequency #80,899 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,899
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to sociolinguistics.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sociolinguistic · sociolinguistic · English
sociolinguistic · rank #80,899 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,899
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Smithville
Nearest frequency peer: Smithville (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “sociolinguistic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sloot
sloot
19,105 corpus weight
- sluggishness
sluggishness
19,104 corpus weight
- Smithville
Smithville
19,103 corpus weight
- sociolingui…
sociolinguistic
19,102 corpus weight
- softwares
softwares
19,101 corpus weight
- Somerton
Somerton
19,100 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sociolinguistic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sociolinguistic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #80,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sociolinguistic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sociolinguistic is uncommon English at frequency #80,899 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to sociolinguistics.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sociolinguistic, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From socio- + linguistic. The correct English form is sociolinguistic, spelled S-O-C-I-O-L-I-N-G-U-I-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to sociolinguistics.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sociolinguistic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At an individual level then, sociolinguistic theory would predict that in Scotland, as elsewhere, individual speakers who have the skills may switch and shift between one variety and another in a predictable way.
Etymology
From socio- + linguistic.
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.
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