fascist
/ˈfæʃɪst/adjective, noun
fascist is spelled F-A-S-C-I-S-T. The wrong spelling people search most is facist: about 4,230 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 3 in 10 of all searches for the word. Fascist is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to fascism”.
How many letters and syllables are in fascist?
| Letters | 7: F-A-S-C-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, facist, about 4,230 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 fascist?
Fascist is spelled F-A-S-C-I-S-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 3 in 10 of the searches for fascist 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 fascist?
Fascist appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th 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 fascist?
- US /ˈfæʃɪst/
- /ˈfa.sɪst/
Fascist has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: Fascist_US.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fascist
- more fascist comparative
- most fascist superlative
- fascists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fascist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to fascism.
- 2
Supporting the principles of fascism.
- 3
informalUnfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
I have a fascist boss.
noun
- 1
A proponent of fascism.
Mussolini was a fascist well known for his repression of criticism and totalitarian government.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the Kingdom of Italy from 1922–1943.
noun
- 1
A member of the National Fascist Party in Italy from 1922 to 1943.
- 2
Synonym of Nazi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fascist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fasciste, facho , Nazi |
| German | faschistisch , Faschist, Faschistin, Nazi, Fascho |
| Portuguese | fascista |
| Spanish | fascista |
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 fascist come from?
1921, from Italian fascista, from fascio (“bundle, bunch”), in use metonymically for "group of men organized for political purposes" since 1895.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).