alcoolisme

\al.kɔ.lism\

/\al.kɔ.lism\/ noun

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The verdict

“alcoolisme” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,057
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maladie produite par la consommation régulière et excessive de boissons alcoolisées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alcoolisme · alcoolisme · French

alcoolisme · rank #17,057 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,057
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH afflux

Nearest frequency peer: afflux (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « alcoolisme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « alcoolisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alcoolisme vs alcoolisé
80% similar
alcoolisme vs alcoolique
80% similar
alcoolisme vs alcoolisée
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for alcoolisme
PropertyValue
Headwordalcoolisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\al.kɔ.lism\
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,057
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alcoolisme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.alcoolismese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « afflux » (#17,056), « Alonso » (#17,058), « affichant » (#17,055). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alcoolisme » est au #17,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around alcoolisme (IPA \al.kɔ.lism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,057 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maladie produite par la consommation régulière et excessive de boissons alcoolisées.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for alcoolisme, with forms such as "acloolisme", "alccoolisme", and "alcolisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "alcoolisé", "alcoolique", "alcoolisée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is alcoolisme, spelled A-L-C-O-O-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maladie produite par la consommation régulière et excessive de boissons alcoolisées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how alcoolisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Et maintenant, […], convient-il ici de rattacher l’étude de la tuberculose à la lutte contre l’alcoolisme ? Oui, assurément, car, si l’alcoolisme n’est pas l’unique facteur de la tuberculose, il est cependant l’un de ces facteurs et peut-être le plus agissant de tous.
  2. La justice française vient de trancher : des commerciaux de la société Ricard ont le droit de se plaindre de l’alcoolisme consubstantiel à l'exercice de leur métier.

Synonyms

alcoolodépendancealcoolo-dépendancealcoolomaniedipsomanieéthylismeexogénoseœnolismeintoxication OHivrognerie

This word in other languages

alcoholism(English)alcoholismo(Español)Alkoholismus(Deutsch)alcoolismo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acloolisme
  • alccoolisme
  • alcolisme
  • alcoloisme
  • alcooilsme
  • alcoolimse
  • alcoolisem
  • alcoolismme
  • alcoolissme
  • alcoollisme
  • alcoolsime
  • allcoolisme
  • alocolisme
  • lacoolisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alcoolisme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acloolisme2alccoolisme1alcolisme1alcoloisme2alcooilsme2alcoolimse2alcoolisem2alcoolismme1
Edit distance from "alcoolisme"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alcoolisme"?
"alcoolisme" is spelled A-L-C-O-O-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \al.kɔ.lism\.
What does "alcoolisme" mean?
As a noun, "alcoolisme" means: Maladie produite par la consommation régulière et excessive de boissons alcoolisées.
What words are commonly confused with "alcoolisme"?
"alcoolisme" is commonly confused with "alcoolisé", "alcoolique", "alcoolisée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alcoolisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcoolisme" is \al.kɔ.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcoolisme" come from?
"alcoolisme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alcoolisme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

absurdité14 variantsanticorps14 variantscentriste14 variantsChamplain14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list