fascism
fasc·i·sm/ˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/noun
fascism is spelled F-A-S-C-I-S-M, 3 syllables: fasc·i·sm. The wrong spelling people search most is facism: about 4,200 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Fascism is a noun meaning “Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance…”. The plural of fascism is fascisms.
How many letters and syllables are in fascism?
| Letters | 7: F-A-S-C-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: fasc·i·sm |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, facism, about 4,200 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell fascism?
Fascism is spelled F-A-S-C-I-S-M. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for fascism in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is fascism?
Fascism appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st 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 fascism?
- US /ˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/
- /faˈsiz(ə)m/
- /faˈsis(ə)m/
Fascism has 3 syllables, split fasc·i·sm in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fascism.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fascism
- fascisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fascism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition.
- 2
The ideology and practice of the 20th-century Italian movement from which this name came.
- 3
derogatoryAny system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting, and/or violence against largely unarmed populations.
- 4
derogatoryAny extreme reliance on or enforcement of rules and regulations.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of fascism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fascism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense extreme totalitarian political regime:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fascisme |
| German | Faschismus |
| Portuguese | fascismo |
| Spanish | fascismo |
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.