voyeurism
/ˈvɔɪəˌrɪz(ə)m/
"voyeurism" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“voyeurism” is uncommon English (frequency #59,111 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,111
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching unsuspecting people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or undressing, toileting, or engaging in sexual activity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-voyeurism · voyeurism · English
voyeurism · rank #59,111 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,111
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Vulgate
Nearest frequency peer: Vulgate (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “voyeurism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Verges
Verges
40,897 corpus weight
- voyeurism
voyeurism
40,890 corpus weight
- Vulgate
Vulgate
40,889 corpus weight
- wafting
wafting
40,887 corpus weight
- wagoner
wagoner
40,886 corpus weight
- wan't
wan't
40,884 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “voyeurism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | voyeurism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɔɪəˌrɪz(ə)m/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “voyeurism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
voyeurism is uncommon English at frequency #59,111 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈvɔɪəˌrɪz(ə)m/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for voyeurism in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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: From voyeur + -ism. The correct English form is voyeurism, spelled V-O-Y-E-U-R-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching unsuspecting people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or undressing, toileting, or engaging in sexual activity.
- 2The derivation of satisfaction by obsessively watching or following sensational or sordid subjects.
Etymology
From voyeur + -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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).