surrealistic
/səˌɹiː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
"surrealistic" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“surrealistic” is uncommon English (frequency #80,021 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,021
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - surreal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-surrealistic · surrealistic · English
surrealistic · rank #80,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,021
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH supersize
Nearest frequency peer: supersize (-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 “surrealistic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sundries
sundries
19,983 corpus weight
- supernumera…
supernumerary
19,982 corpus weight
- supersize
supersize
19,981 corpus weight
- surrealistic
surrealistic
19,980 corpus weight
- susu
susu
19,979 corpus weight
- switchgear
switchgear
19,978 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “surrealistic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | surrealistic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /səˌɹiː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #80,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “surrealistic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
surrealistic is uncommon English at frequency #80,021 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /səˌɹiː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "surreal.".
surrealistic has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From surreal + -istic. The correct English form is surrealistic, spelled S-U-R-R-E-A-L-I-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1surreal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how surrealistic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is a photograph in the surrealistic spirit. Some will find it highly interesting and entertaining, others will condemn it as nonsense.
Today the cave is 1,000 feet above the canyon floor. You'll need a sweater inside the cave, which has a constant temperature of 42°. An indirect lighting system effectively iluminates the limestone formations with surrealistic splashes of color from various mineral deposits.
Etymology
From surreal + -istic.
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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