anticléricalisme
\ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.ka.lism\
The verdict
“anticléricalisme” is uncommon French (frequency #57,078 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,078
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposition à toute immixtion du clergé dans la politique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anticlericalisme · anticléricalisme · French
anticléricalisme · rank #57,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,078
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH ansel
Nearest frequency peer: ansel (-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 « anticléricalisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Andrzej
Andrzej
42,926 corpus weight
- angoisser
angoisser
42,925 corpus weight
- ansel
ansel
42,924 corpus weight
- anticlérica…
anticléricalisme
42,923 corpus weight
- ants
ants
42,922 corpus weight
- apercevra
apercevra
42,921 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anticléricalisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anticléricalisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.ka.lism\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #57,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « anticléricalisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
anticléricalisme is uncommon French at frequency #57,078 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.ka.lism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Opposition à toute immixtion du clergé dans la politique.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for anticléricalisme in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is anticléricalisme, spelled A-N-T-I-C-L-É-R-I-C-A-L-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Opposition à toute immixtion du clergé dans la politique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anticléricalisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’époque de l’anticléricalisme actif remonte dans l’Yonne à au moins trente années et nous n’en voyons plus que les suites, marquées par des églises écroulées ou à demi abandonnées.
[…] il était enclin à faire siennes les formules d’ordre […] chères aux conservateurs […] Il n’en était séparé que par son anticléricalisme, de bon aloi sans doute mais qu’il prenait soin d’affirmer le plus rarement possible.
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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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