Lettrism
"lettrism" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lettrism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A French avant-garde art and literary movement established in the mid-1940s, owing inspiration to Dada and surrealism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lettrism · Lettrism · English
Lettrism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lettrism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lettrism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lettrism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A French avant-garde art and literary movement established in the mid-1940s, owing inspiration to Dada and surrealism.".
Lettrism doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Lettrisme, ultimately from lettre (“letter”). The correct English form is Lettrism, spelled L-E-T-T-R-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1A French avant-garde art and literary movement established in the mid-1940s, owing inspiration to Dada and surrealism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lettrism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So if lettrism, like Dada, came out of a reaction against a world war, Lettrism did not remain a protest . . . [but became] an exaltation of permanently renewed arts, philosophy, scientific knowledge, technology; […]
Isou's lettrism was the Wagnerian Gesamtkunstwerk in the grip of decomposition, a project for the total destruction of art, that is, a project of total art, another avatar of what Mallarmé ironically referred to as the Book, […]
Etymology
From French Lettrisme, ultimately from lettre (“letter”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.