statism
/ˈsteɪdɪzm/
"statism" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“statism” is an uncommon English word, ranked #79,082 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,082
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | statism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsteɪdɪzm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “statism” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for statism is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsteɪdɪzm/. Corpus data places it at rank #79,082 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for statism in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stat(e) + -ism. Doublet of etatism. First attested in c. 1600. The correct English form is statism, spelled S-T-A-T-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Synonym of secularism: subservience of religious issues to political officials and expediency.
- 2Synonym of statecraft or statesmanship.
- 3Synonym of government or governance.
- 4The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments.
- 5The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.
- 6The belief that the state is a legitimate social institution.
Etymology
From stat(e) + -ism. Doublet of etatism. First attested in c. 1600.
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); 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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Using “statism”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-T-I-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsteɪdɪzm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.