voyeuristic
"voyeuristic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“voyeuristic” is uncommon English (frequency #72,020 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,020
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism or a voyeur.
Corpus desk
Index EN-voyeuristic · voyeuristic · English
voyeuristic · rank #72,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,020
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Waheed
Nearest frequency peer: Waheed (+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 “voyeuristic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- verbalize
verbalize
27,986 corpus weight
- Vette
Vette
27,984 corpus weight
- victimize
victimize
27,983 corpus weight
- voyeuristic
voyeuristic
27,981 corpus weight
- Waheed
Waheed
27,980 corpus weight
- wakeman
wakeman
27,979 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “voyeuristic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | voyeuristic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “voyeuristic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
voyeuristic is uncommon English at frequency #72,020 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism or a voyeur.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for voyeuristic, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From voyeur + -istic. The correct English form is voyeuristic, spelled V-O-Y-E-U-R-I-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism or a voyeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how voyeuristic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A documentary about gun violence that has its premiere on HBO on Monday has been given extra topicality by the massacre in Charleston, S.C. That, though, isn’t necessarily to the film’s benefit. It might draw additional viewers, sure, but it also underscores the project’s voyeuristic shallowness.
Etymology
From voyeur + -istic.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).