anthroposophie

\ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.zɔ.fi\

/\ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.zɔ.fi\/ noun

The verdict

“anthroposophie” is uncommon French (frequency #86,410 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,410
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Connaissance de la nature de l'homme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anthroposophie · anthroposophie · French

anthroposophie · rank #86,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,410
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Antonins

Nearest frequency peer: Antonins (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « anthroposophie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anthroposophie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anthroposophie
PropertyValue
Headwordanthroposophie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.zɔ.fi\
Letters14
Frequency rank#86,410
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « anthroposophie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).anthroposophietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Antonins » (#86,411), « annules » (#86,408), « apaisantes » (#86,412). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anthroposophie » est au #86,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anthroposophie is uncommon French at frequency #86,410 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.zɔ.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

anthroposophie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is anthroposophie, spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-S-O-P-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Connaissance de la nature de l'homme.
  2. 2
    Courant pseudoscientifique, ésotérique et philosophique s'appuyant sur les pensées et écrits de l'occultiste autrichien Rudolf Steiner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je ne m’autorise pas à juger l’anthroposophie, car aujourd’hui encore je ne vois pas bien ce qu’elle veut et ce qu’elle signifie ; je crois même que pour l’essentiel la séduction qu’elle exerce n’est pas liée à une idée, mais à la personnalité fascinante de Rudolf Steiner.

This word in other languages

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 "anthroposophie"?
"anthroposophie" is spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-S-O-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.zɔ.fi\.
What does "anthroposophie" mean?
As a noun, "anthroposophie" means: Connaissance de la nature de l'homme.
How do you pronounce "anthroposophie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anthroposophie" is \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.zɔ.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list