anthropomorphisme
\ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.mɔʁ.fism\
The verdict
“anthropomorphisme” is an uncommon French word, ranked #72,915 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,915
- frequency rank, French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tendance à concevoir les divinités ou les animaux à l’image des êtres humains et à leur prêter de ce fait des comportements et des sentiments humains.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anthropomorphisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.mɔʁ.fism\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #72,915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anthropomorphisme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for anthropomorphisme is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.mɔʁ.fism\. Corpus data places it at rank #72,915 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for anthropomorphisme in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is anthropomorphisme, spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-M-O-R-P-H-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Tendance à concevoir les divinités ou les animaux à l’image des êtres humains et à leur prêter de ce fait des comportements et des sentiments humains.
- 2Attribution, dans certaines religions et en particulier les polythéismes grecs et romains, d’une forme humaine et de sentiments humains aux phénomènes de la nature qui devenaient par suite autant de divinités.
- 3Faire ressembler Allah dans Son essence aux créatures et non spécifiquement aux humains.
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-M-O-R-P-H-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.