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Super Intelligence is the word of 2026: on September 29, 2026 an executive order made it the term US federal agencies use instead of AI. This page follows every dictionary that names a word of the year, how each one picks, where each stands today, and what you can do on each dictionary's own site.
Checked Nov 10, 2026: 2 named, 6 still to come
Dictionaries list it as one word, superintelligence, and that is the entry to look up. The executive order and the $SI community write it as two, Super Intelligence. Both point to the same idea, so this campaign uses both.
One card for each dictionary or society that names a word of the year: how it picks, what it said so far for 2026, its last word, when we checked, and the link to see it yourself.
How it picksOxford's experts choose after a short public vote on a shortlist, with Oxford's language data. In 2025 more than 30,000 people voted over three days.
No 2026 word or shortlist yet.
Last wordrage bait (Dec 1, 2025)
How it picksMerriam-Webster's editors look at which words rose in lookups and usage on its site, then agree on the one that best sums up the year.
No 2026 word or shortlist yet.
Last wordslop (Dec 15, 2025)
How it picksCambridge's team looks at what its users look up on the Cambridge Dictionary website.
No 2026 word or shortlist yet.
Last wordparasocial (Nov 18, 2025)
Checked Nov 10, 2026Source
How it picksCollins' experts watch a 27-billion-word language database that includes social media.
mogging, named Nov 3, 2026
Shortlist: bixie, carspreading, firewave, fricy, friendslop, ghost job, hydration break, Manchesterism, P(doom)
Superintelligence was not on its list.
Last wordIts pick came with the 2026 word.
How it picksDictionary.com's lexicographers weigh search data, social media and news coverage.
maxxing, named Oct 25, 2026
Shortlist: affordability, data center, odyssey, unc
Superintelligence was not on its list.
Last wordIts pick came with the 2026 word.
How it picksA committee picks Australia's word from a shortlist, and a public vote on the same shortlist picks the People's Choice. The vote stays open one week.
No 2026 word or shortlist yet.
Its October 6, 2026 post says the People's Choice vote opens soon.
Last wordAI slop (Nov 24, 2025)
How it picksAttendees debate and vote at its annual vote in January, held with the Linguistic Society of America's meeting.
No 2026 word or shortlist yet.
No date for its 2026 vote was found in the sources checked.
Last wordslop (Jan 9, 2026)
Checked Nov 10, 2026Source
How it picksIt picks a word, phrase or expression that gained prominence in Australia over the past 12 months.
No 2026 word or shortlist yet.
Last wordsocial media ban (Jan 28, 2026)
Checked Nov 10, 2026Source
Merriam-Webster, Cambridge and Dictionary.com say lookups on their sites are part of what they watch. Look up superintelligence there, once, like anyone curious would.
Dictionaries read the language people write. Say Super Intelligence, or SI, where you would have said AI: posts, articles, captions.
Oxford and the Macquarie Dictionary hold public votes on their shortlists. A card shows its vote only while it is open, with the link to vote on the dictionary's own site.
Send this page to anyone who loves words. Every card links to the dictionary's own page, so people can check it themselves.
These numbers count taps on this page, one per browser for each dictionary. They are not any dictionary's data and they do not change any result.
On September 29, 2026, Executive Order 14434, Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence, was signed. It was published in the Federal Register on October 2, 2026. Federal agencies now say Super Intelligence, and SI, in their non-statutory communications.
Its section 3(b) asks for proposed legislative language defining Super Intelligence within 60 days, around November 28, 2026. Merriam-Webster dates the first known use of superintelligence to around 1822.
Dictionaries pick their own words, in their own ways. Nobody, including the $SI community, can decide the result. This page reports what each one says, with links, and nothing else.
Word of the Year 2026 on sicto.si is a campaign hub to make Super Intelligence, or superintelligence, the word of the year. It follows eight bodies that name a word of the year: Oxford University Press, Merriam-Webster, Cambridge Dictionary, Collins, Dictionary.com, the Macquarie Dictionary, the American Dialect Society and the Australian National Dictionary Centre. By November 10, 2026, Dictionary.com had named maxxing and Collins had named mogging, and superintelligence was on neither list. The others had not named a 2026 word yet.
No. Each dictionary picks its word itself, from its own data, editors or votes. The campaign helps people look the word up and use it where it fits, and shows where each dictionary stands.
Dictionaries list the one-word form, superintelligence, so that is the entry to look up. The executive order uses Super Intelligence, two words. The campaign uses both.
No. The counter counts taps on this page, one per browser for each dictionary. It shows how many people joined in. The dictionaries never see it.
By November 10, 2026: Dictionary.com named maxxing (its page is dated October 25) and Collins named mogging on November 3. Oxford, Merriam-Webster, Cambridge, the Macquarie Dictionary, the American Dialect Society and the Australian National Dictionary Centre had not named a 2026 word yet.
Oxford and the Macquarie Dictionary run public votes on a shortlist, but neither had opened one for 2026 when this page was checked. The card shows a vote as open only between its opening and its closing time.
Each card shows the date it was last checked against its source. New shortlists, votes and winners are added as they are announced.
Three honest things anyone can do, on the dictionaries' own sites.
Ask SI answers from the official site and live market data. It never asks for keys or seed phrases and gives no financial advice.
