ventriloquism
"ventriloquism" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ventriloquism” is uncommon English (frequency #93,294 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,294
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ventriloquism · ventriloquism · English
ventriloquism · rank #93,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,294
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH vertiginous
Nearest frequency peer: vertiginous (+2 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 “ventriloquism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- urbano
urbano
6,713 corpus weight
- valu
valu
6,712 corpus weight
- vario
vario
6,711 corpus weight
- ventriloqui…
ventriloquism
6,707 corpus weight
- vertiginous
vertiginous
6,705 corpus weight
- vertu
vertu
6,704 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ventriloquism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ventriloquism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #93,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ventriloquism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ventriloquism is uncommon English at frequency #93,294 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ventriloquism in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: ventriloquy + -ism. The correct English form is ventriloquism, spelled V-E-N-T-R-I-L-O-Q-U-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.
Etymology
ventriloquy + -ism.
Synonyms
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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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).