synchronism

noun

"synchronism" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“synchronism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being synchronous.

Corpus desk

Index EN-synchronism · synchronism · English

synchronism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for synchronism
PropertyValue
Headwordsynchronism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “synchronism” sits in English frequency

synchronismfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

synchronism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for synchronism, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ism. The correct English form is synchronism, spelled S-Y-N-C-H-R-O-N-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being synchronous.
  2. 2
    A temporal relationship between events.
  3. 3
    The tabular arrangement of contemporary events etc. in history.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how synchronism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It is the study of wanderwords that might be used as one of the elements to establish synchronisms among protolanguages, and thus better define their dates, not the opposite.

Etymology

By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ism.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "synchronism"?
"synchronism" is spelled S-Y-N-C-H-R-O-N-I-S-M.
What does "synchronism" mean?
As a noun, "synchronism" means: The state of being synchronous.
What is the origin of the word "synchronism"?
By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ism. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list