vigilantism
"vigilantism" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vigilantism” is uncommon English (frequency #67,151 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,151
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vigilantism · vigilantism · English
vigilantism · rank #67,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,151
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Villegas
Nearest frequency peer: Villegas (+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 “vigilantism”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Vaux
Vaux
32,855 corpus weight
- velar
velar
32,853 corpus weight
- verbena
verbena
32,852 corpus weight
- vigilantism
vigilantism
32,850 corpus weight
- Villegas
Villegas
32,849 corpus weight
- Volkov
Volkov
32,847 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vigilantism” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vigilantism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vigilantism” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vigilantism is uncommon English at frequency #67,151 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.".
vigilantism doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From vigilante + -ism. The correct English form is vigilantism, spelled V-I-G-I-L-A-N-T-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vigilantism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mr Shapiro also criticised the way Israel governs in the occupied lands, saying “too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes unchecked,” he said.
Etymology
From vigilante + -ism.
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.
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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