victimhood
"victimhood" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“victimhood” is uncommon English (frequency #54,558 among 7,391 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,558
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or perception of being a victim.
Corpus desk
Index EN-victimhood · victimhood · English
victimhood · rank #54,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,558
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,391
- PHOTO-FINISH Vickery
Nearest frequency peer: Vickery (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “victimhood”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- upturn
upturn
45,447 corpus weight
- Vandy
Vandy
45,446 corpus weight
- Vickery
Vickery
45,444 corpus weight
- victimhood
victimhood
45,443 corpus weight
- Voltron
Voltron
45,442 corpus weight
- waterborne
waterborne
45,439 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “victimhood” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | victimhood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “victimhood” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
victimhood is uncommon English at frequency #54,558 among 7,391 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or perception of being a victim.".
No misspelling variants are generated for victimhood in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From victim + -hood. The correct English form is victimhood, spelled V-I-C-T-I-M-H-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1The state or perception of being a victim.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how victimhood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some can surmount their victimhood, and some can't.
the Nazis were the great artists of victimhood fiction., Timothy Snyder, The New York Times, June 14, 2018, How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?
Etymology
From victim + -hood.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.