altruiste

\al.tʁɥist\

/\al.tʁɥist\/ adj

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The verdict

“altruiste” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,815
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui manifeste de l’altruisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-altruiste · altruiste · French

altruiste · rank #31,815 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,815
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alternent

Nearest frequency peer: alternent (-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 « altruiste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « altruiste » 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).

altruiste vs attriste
78% similar
altruiste vs altruisme
89% similar
altruiste vs alarmiste
78% similar

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

Key facts for altruiste
PropertyValue
Headwordaltruiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\al.tʁɥist\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,815
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « altruiste »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alternent » (#31,814), « AMG » (#31,816), « alpinisme » (#31,813). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « altruiste » est au #31,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around altruiste (IPA \al.tʁɥist\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,815 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui manifeste de l’altruisme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for altruiste, with forms such as "alltruiste", "alrtuiste", and "altriuste". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "attriste", "altruisme", "alarmiste", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is altruiste, spelled A-L-T-R-U-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui manifeste de l’altruisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un comportement altruiste, dirigé vers les organismes apparentés, aura toutes les chances de favoriser la propagation des gènes de lʼindividu qui adopte ce comportement.
  2. Débusquer les bases biologiques d’un comportement n’enlève rien à l’humanisme du geste ni au libre arbitre : nous demeurons toujours libres de choisir entre un geste altruiste ou égoïste.

Antonyms

égoïste

This word in other languages

altruistic(English)altruista(Español)altruistisch(Deutsch)altruísta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alltruiste
  • alrtuiste
  • altriuste
  • altrruiste
  • altruiset
  • altruisste
  • altruistte
  • altruitse
  • altrusite
  • alttruiste
  • alturiste
  • atlruiste
  • latruiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of altruiste - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alltruiste1alrtuiste2altriuste2altrruiste1altruiset2altruisste1altruistte1altruitse2
Edit distance from "altruiste"

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 "altruiste"?
"altruiste" is spelled A-L-T-R-U-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \al.tʁɥist\.
What does "altruiste" mean?
As an adjective, "altruiste" means: Qui manifeste de l’altruisme.
What words are commonly confused with "altruiste"?
"altruiste" is commonly confused with "attriste", "altruisme", "alarmiste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "altruiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "altruiste" is \al.tʁɥist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "altruiste" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alternent#31,814alpinisme#31,813antivirus#31,819arrogante#31,824

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

appareillage13 variantsémanation13 variantsécrasent13 variantstyrannique13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list