utilitarianist
/jʊtɪlɪˈtɛːɹiənɪst/
"utilitarianist" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“utilitarianist” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who subscribes to the philosophy of utilitarianism.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | utilitarianist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /jʊtɪlɪˈtɛːɹiənɪst/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “utilitarianist” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
utilitarianist is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /jʊtɪlɪˈtɛːɹiənɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who subscribes to the philosophy of utilitarianism.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for utilitarianist, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From utilitarian + -ist. The correct English form is utilitarianist, spelled U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1One who subscribes to the philosophy of utilitarianism.
Etymology
From utilitarian + -ist.
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.
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- The one correct English spelling is U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.