# federalism

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,653

## Definitions
1. A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
2. The belief that such a system is superior to other forms of government.
3. Covenantalism.

## Etymology
From French fédéralisme. By surface analysis, federal + -ism.

## Easily confused with
- **federalist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/federalism-vs-federalist)

## Common misspellings (15)
`efderalism`, `fdeeralism`, `fedderalism`, `fedearlism`, `federailsm`, `federalims`, `federalismm`, `federalissm`, `federallism`, `federalsim`, `federlaism`, `federralism`, `fedrealism`, `feedralism`, `ffederalism`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/federalism