sophism
[ˈsɑfɪzəm]noun
sophism is spelled S-O-P-H-I-S-M: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sophism means “The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching philosophy and rhetoric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sophism is sophisms.
How many letters and syllables are in sophism?
| Letters | 7: S-O-P-H-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sophism?
Sophism appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sophism?
- /ˈsɔfɪzəm/
- British [ˈsɔfɪzəm]
- US [ˈsɑfɪzəm]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sophism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sophism
- sophisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sophism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching philosophy and rhetoric.
- 2
A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
- 3
An intentional fallacy.
- 4
Sophistic, fallacious reasoning or argumentation.
What! No demonstration of the Being of God! No abstract arguments! No proofs a priori! Are these, which have hitherto been so much insisted on by philosophers, all fallacy, all sophism? Can we reach no further in this subject than experienc
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sophism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sophism come from?
From Middle English sophim, from Old French soffime, sofime, sofisme, sophisme, from Latin sophisma (“fallacy, sophism”), from Ancient Greek σόφῐσμᾰ (sóphĭsmă), from σοφίζω (sophízō) + -μα (-ma).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).