worldview

noun

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"worldview" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“worldview” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,818. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,818
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person's personal view of the world and how one interprets it; any ingroup's or society's mainstream view thereof.

Corpus desk

Index EN-worldview · worldview · English

worldview · rank #20,818 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,818
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wolfgang

Nearest frequency peer: Wolfgang (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “worldview”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “worldview” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for worldview
PropertyValue
Headwordworldview
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,818
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “worldview”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).worldviewlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Wolfgang” (#20,817), “wrongdoing” (#20,819), “wiggle” (#20,816). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “worldview” is #20,818. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around worldview, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,818 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for worldview, with forms such as "owrldview", "wolrdview", and "wordlview". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: A calque of German Weltanschauung, equivalent to world + view. The correct English form is worldview, spelled W-O-R-L-D-V-I-E-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person's personal view of the world and how one interprets it; any ingroup's or society's mainstream view thereof.
  2. 2
    The totality of one's beliefs about reality.
  3. 3
    A general philosophy or view of life.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how worldview appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Near-synonym: cosmovision
  2. According to the BfV, the JA promotes an ethno-nationalist worldview that ostracizes anyone who is not a native, white German.

Etymology

A calque of German Weltanschauung, equivalent to world + view.

Synonyms

weltanschauungphilosophybelief system

This word in other languages

vision du monde(Français)Weltanschauung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owrldview
  • wolrdview
  • wordlview
  • worlddview
  • worldivew
  • worldveiw
  • worldvieww
  • worldviwe
  • worldvview
  • worlldview
  • worlvdiew
  • worrldview
  • wroldview
  • wworldview

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of worldview - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

owrldview2wolrdview2wordlview2worlddview1worldivew2worldveiw2worldvieww1worldviwe2
Edit distance from "worldview"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "worldview"?
"worldview" is spelled W-O-R-L-D-V-I-E-W.
What does "worldview" mean?
As a noun, "worldview" means: A person's personal view of the world and how one interprets it; any ingroup's or society's mainstream view thereof.
What are common misspellings of "worldview"?
Common misspellings include "owrldview", "wolrdview", "wordlview", "worlddview", "worldivew". The correct spelling is "worldview".
What is the origin of the word "worldview"?
A calque of German Weltanschauung, equivalent to world + view. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "worldview", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list