dirigiste
/dɪɹəˈʒist/adjective, noun
dirigiste is spelled D-I-R-I-G-I-S-T-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dirigiste means “Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dirigiste?
| Letters | 9: D-I-R-I-G-I-S-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dirigiste?
Dirigiste appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dirigiste?
- US /dɪɹəˈʒist/
- US /dɪɹɪˈʒist/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dirigiste.wav, En-us-dirigiste.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dirigiste?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dirigiste from its last stressed vowel (/ist/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: digitiser.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dirigiste
- more dirigiste comparative
- most dirigiste superlative
- dirigist
- dirigistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dirigiste mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy.
noun
- 1
An advocate or practitioner of dirigisme.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dirigiste in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense controlled or guided by a central authority, as in an economy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | dirigistisch |
| Spanish | dirigista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dirigiste come from?
Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (“to run, to direct”), from Latin dirigere (“to direct, to steer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).