warmonger
/ˈwɔː.mʌŋ.ɡə/
"warmonger" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“warmonger” is uncommon English (frequency #69,575 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,575
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who advocates war; a militarist.
Corpus desk
Index EN-warmonger · warmonger · English
warmonger · rank #69,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,575
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Wario
Nearest frequency peer: Wario (-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 “warmonger”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- waggoner
waggoner
30,430 corpus weight
- Wahhabism
Wahhabism
30,429 corpus weight
- Walmsley
Walmsley
30,428 corpus weight
- Wario
Wario
30,427 corpus weight
- warmonger
warmonger
30,426 corpus weight
- waterhole
waterhole
30,424 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “warmonger” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | warmonger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɔː.mʌŋ.ɡə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “warmonger” in English
Rare enough to double-check
warmonger is uncommon English at frequency #69,575 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɔː.mʌŋ.ɡə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
warmonger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From war + monger. The correct English form is warmonger, spelled W-A-R-M-O-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who advocates war; a militarist.
- 2A mercenary soldier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how warmonger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wham! Overnight he [Dwight D. Eisenhower] became a warmonger.
Do you hear revolution's call? / Time to fight our own denial / Warmongers keep us locked in fear / Invoke the past, a moment of tears / An ugly truth put forth by our youth / Under the threat of patriotic brute / So use your rage / It is a weapon we now must engage / Let trumpets sound our call / Or by their lies we will fall
Etymology
From war + monger.
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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